#BB7042#BB7042

#BB7042 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.113 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7042
RGB	rgb(187, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 25.46, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 45.51, 55.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.0714 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.113 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2731, 22.5492, 8.0693)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7042 #428DBB

analogous

#BB4251 #BB7042 #BBAD42

triadic

#BB7042 #42BB70 #7042BB

tetradic

#BB7042 #51BB42 #428DBB #AD42BB

square

#BB7042 #51BB42 #428DBB #AD42BB

split-complementary

#BB7042 #42BBAD #4251BB

monochromatic

#613A22 #8E5532 #BB7042 #CC926E #DCB49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BB7042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BB7042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7042

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7042	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.113 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49978',
    500: '#bb7042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7042;
$custom-light: #d49978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.81,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61814,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7042

secondary

#91B3C8

accent

#A4D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7042

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

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