#BB6B40#BB6B40

#BB6B40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.117 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B40
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 28.06, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 46.78, 53.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.0789 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.117 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6788, 21.4531, 7.5854)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B40 #4090BB

analogous

#BB4052 #BB6B40 #BBA940

triadic

#BB6B40 #40BB6B #6B40BB

tetradic

#BB6B40 #52BB40 #4090BB #A940BB

square

#BB6B40 #52BB40 #4090BB #A940BB

split-complementary

#BB6B40 #40BBA9 #4052BB

monochromatic

#603721 #8D5130 #BB6B40 #CD8E6C #DCB199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BB6B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BB6B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B40

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B40	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.117 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49676',
    500: '#bb6b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b40;
$custom-light: #d49676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6091,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B40

secondary

#8FB4C8

accent

#A9D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B40

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

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