#BB7848#BB7848

#BB7848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7848
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 72)
HSL	hsl(25, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 21.47, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 42.63, 59.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0603 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.105 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3816, 24.4682, 9.3577)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7848 #488BBB

analogous

#BB4851 #BB7848 #BBB148

triadic

#BB7848 #48BB78 #7848BB

tetradic

#BB7848 #51BB48 #488BBB #B148BB

square

#BB7848 #51BB48 #488BBB #B148BB

split-complementary

#BB7848 #48BBB1 #4851BB

monochromatic

#643F25 #905B36 #BB7848 #CC9975 #DCBAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BB7848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#BB7848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7848

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7848	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f7c',
    500: '#bb7848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7848;
$custom-light: #d39f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.043,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7848

secondary

#96B4C9

accent

#9FD552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7848

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

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