#BB7742#BB7742

#BB7742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.110 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7742
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 21.60, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 45.14, 61.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0598 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.11 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0757, 24.1544, 8.3368)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7742 #4286BB

analogous

#BB424A #BB7742 #BBB442

triadic

#BB7742 #42BB77 #7742BB

tetradic

#BB7742 #4ABB42 #4286BB #B442BB

square

#BB7742 #4ABB42 #4286BB #B442BB

split-complementary

#BB7742 #42BBB4 #424ABB

monochromatic

#613D22 #8E5A32 #BB7742 #CC976E #DCB89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BB7742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BB7742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7742

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7742	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB696B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.110 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e78',
    500: '#bb7742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7742;
$custom-light: #d49e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.281,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63078,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7742

secondary

#91B0C8

accent

#9CD750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7742

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

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