#BB6B49#BB6B49

#BB6B49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.113 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6B49
RGB	rgb(187, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 28.67, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 43.47, 48.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.0823 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.113 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9558, 21.5640, 9.0447)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6B49 #4999BB

analogous

#BB4960 #BB6B49 #BBA449

triadic

#BB6B49 #49BB6B #6B49BB

tetradic

#BB6B49 #60BB49 #4999BB #A449BB

square

#BB6B49 #60BB49 #4999BB #A449BB

split-complementary

#BB6B49 #49BBA4 #4960BB

monochromatic

#643825 #915136 #BB6B49 #CC8F76 #DCB3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BB6B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#BB6B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6B49

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6B49	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.113 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4967c',
    500: '#bb6b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6b49;
$custom-light: #d4967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61041,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6B49

secondary

#97BAC9

accent

#AED553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6B49

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

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