#BB6A49#BB6A49

#BB6A49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.114 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6A49
RGB	rgb(187, 106, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 29.21, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 43.62, 47.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.0839 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.114 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8522, 21.3567, 9.0102)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6A49 #499ABB

analogous

#BB4961 #BB6A49 #BBA349

triadic

#BB6A49 #49BB6A #6A49BB

tetradic

#BB6A49 #61BB49 #499ABB #A349BB

square

#BB6A49 #61BB49 #499ABB #A349BB

split-complementary

#BB6A49 #49BBA3 #4961BB

monochromatic

#643825 #915036 #BB6A49 #CC8E76 #DCB3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BB6A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BB6A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6A49

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6A49	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 106, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.114 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4957c',
    500: '#bb6a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6a49;
$custom-light: #d4957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.368,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60869,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6A49

secondary

#97BBC9

accent

#AFD553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6A49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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