#BB7842#BB7842

#BB7842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.109 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7842
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 21.05, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 45.12, 62.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.0581 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.109 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1954, 24.3937, 8.3767)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7842 #4285BB

analogous

#BB4249 #BB7842 #BBB542

triadic

#BB7842 #42BB78 #7842BB

tetradic

#BB7842 #49BB42 #4285BB #B542BB

square

#BB7842 #49BB42 #4285BB #B542BB

split-complementary

#BB7842 #42BBB5 #4249BB

monochromatic

#613E22 #8E5B32 #BB7842 #CC986E #DCB89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BB7842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BB7842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7842

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7842	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.109 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49f78',
    500: '#bb7842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7842;
$custom-light: #d49f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.777,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63262,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7842

secondary

#91AFC8

accent

#9BD750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7842

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

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