#BB7249#BB7249

#BB7249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7249
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 73)
HSL	hsl(22, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 24.85, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 42.61, 54.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.0706 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.108 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7154, 23.0831, 9.2979)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7249 #4992BB

analogous

#BB4959 #BB7249 #BBAB49

triadic

#BB7249 #49BB72 #7249BB

tetradic

#BB7249 #59BB49 #4992BB #AB49BB

square

#BB7249 #59BB49 #4992BB #AB49BB

split-complementary

#BB7249 #49BBAB #4959BB

monochromatic

#643C25 #915736 #BB7249 #CC9576 #DCB7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB7249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BB7249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7249

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7249	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b7d',
    500: '#bb7249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7249;
$custom-light: #d49b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62269,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7249

secondary

#97B7C9

accent

#A6D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7249

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

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