#BB7549#BB7549

#BB7549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.106 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7549
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 73)
HSL	hsl(23, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 23.20, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 42.37, 56.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0657 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.106 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0594, 23.7710, 9.4125)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7549 #498FBB

analogous

#BB4956 #BB7549 #BBAE49

triadic

#BB7549 #49BB75 #7549BB

tetradic

#BB7549 #56BB49 #498FBB #AE49BB

square

#BB7549 #56BB49 #498FBB #AE49BB

split-complementary

#BB7549 #49BBAE #4956BB

monochromatic

#643E25 #915936 #BB7549 #CC9776 #DCB9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BB7549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BB7549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7549

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7549	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB676B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.106 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d7d',
    500: '#bb7549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7549;
$custom-light: #d49d7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62809,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7549

secondary

#97B6C9

accent

#A3D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7549

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

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