#BB6E49#BB6E49

#BB6E49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.111 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6E49
RGB	rgb(187, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(19, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 27.04, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 43.05, 51.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.0773 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.111 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2741, 22.2004, 9.1508)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6E49 #4996BB

analogous

#BB495D #BB6E49 #BBA749

triadic

#BB6E49 #49BB6E #6E49BB

tetradic

#BB6E49 #5DBB49 #4996BB #A749BB

square

#BB6E49 #5DBB49 #4996BB #A749BB

split-complementary

#BB6E49 #49BBA7 #495DBB

monochromatic

#643A25 #915336 #BB6E49 #CC9176 #DCB5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#BB6E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#BB6E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6E49

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6E49	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.111 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4987c',
    500: '#bb6e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6e49;
$custom-light: #d4987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61562,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6E49

secondary

#97B9C9

accent

#ABD553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6E49

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

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