#BB7040#BB7040

#BB7040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.114 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7040
RGB	rgb(187, 112, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 25.33, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 46.30, 56.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.0707 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.114 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2152, 22.5260, 7.7642)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7040 #408BBB

analogous

#BB404D #BB7040 #BBAE40

triadic

#BB7040 #40BB70 #7040BB

tetradic

#BB7040 #4DBB40 #408BBB #AE40BB

square

#BB7040 #4DBB40 #408BBB #AE40BB

split-complementary

#BB7040 #40BBAE #404DBB

monochromatic

#603921 #8D5530 #BB7040 #CD916C #DCB399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BB7040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BB7040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7040

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7040	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 112, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.114 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49976',
    500: '#bb7040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7040;
$custom-light: #d49976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61787,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7040

secondary

#8FB2C8

accent

#A3D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7040

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

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