#BB7440#BB7440

#BB7440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7440
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 64)
HSL	hsl(25, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 23.13, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 46.06, 59.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.064 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.112 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6664, 23.4284, 7.9146)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7440 #4087BB

analogous

#BB404A #BB7440 #BBB240

triadic

#BB7440 #40BB74 #7440BB

tetradic

#BB7440 #4ABB40 #4087BB #B240BB

square

#BB7440 #4ABB40 #4087BB #B240BB

split-complementary

#BB7440 #40BBB2 #404ABB

monochromatic

#603B21 #8D5830 #BB7440 #CD956C #DCB699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BB7440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BB7440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7440

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7440	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c76',
    500: '#bb7440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7440;
$custom-light: #d49c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.366,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62505,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7440

secondary

#8FB0C8

accent

#9FD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7440

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

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