#BB6D3B#BB6D3B

#BB6D3B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.119 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6D3B
RGB	rgb(187, 109, 59)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 26.66, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 48.50, 56.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.0739 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.119 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7537, 21.8206, 6.9397)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6D3B #3B89BB

analogous

#BB3B49 #BB6D3B #BBAD3B

triadic

#BB6D3B #3BBB6D #6D3BBB

tetradic

#BB6D3B #49BB3B #3B89BB #AD3BBB

square

#BB6D3B #49BB3B #3B89BB #AD3BBB

split-complementary

#BB6D3B #3BBBAD #3B49BB

monochromatic

#5E371E #8C522C #BB6D3B #CE8E65 #DDB093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BB6D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BB6D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6D3B

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6D3B	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 109, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.119 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59773',
    500: '#bb6d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6d3b;
$custom-light: #d59773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.437,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61195,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6D3B

secondary

#8AB0C8

accent

#A4DB4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6D3B

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

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