#BB7748#BB7748

#BB7748 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7748
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 72)
HSL	hsl(25, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 22.02, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 42.67, 58.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.062 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.106 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2620, 24.2289, 9.3178)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7748 #488CBB

analogous

#BB4852 #BB7748 #BBB148

triadic

#BB7748 #48BB77 #7748BB

tetradic

#BB7748 #52BB48 #488CBB #B148BB

square

#BB7748 #52BB48 #488CBB #B148BB

split-complementary

#BB7748 #48BBB1 #4852BB

monochromatic

#643F25 #905B36 #BB7748 #CC9875 #DCB9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB7748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BB7748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7748

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7748	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB696C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39e7c',
    500: '#bb7748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7748;
$custom-light: #d39e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.522,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7748

secondary

#96B4C9

accent

#A0D552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7748

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

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