#BB7240#BB7240

#BB7240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7240
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 24.23, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 46.16, 58.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0673 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.113 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4383, 22.9723, 7.8386)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7240 #4089BB

analogous

#BB404C #BB7240 #BBB040

triadic

#BB7240 #40BB72 #7240BB

tetradic

#BB7240 #4CBB40 #4089BB #B040BB

square

#BB7240 #4CBB40 #4089BB #B040BB

split-complementary

#BB7240 #40BBB0 #404CBB

monochromatic

#603A21 #8D5630 #BB7240 #CD936C #DCB499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BB7240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#BB7240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7240

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7240	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b76',
    500: '#bb7240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7240;
$custom-light: #d49b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.39,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7240

secondary

#8FB1C8

accent

#A1D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7240

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

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