#BB7851#BB7851

#BB7851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7851
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 81)
HSL	hsl(22, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(22, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 22.16, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 39.01, 55.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0637 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.1 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6970, 24.5943, 11.0188)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7851 #5194BB

analogous

#BB515F #BB7851 #BBAD51

triadic

#BB7851 #51BB78 #7851BB

tetradic

#BB7851 #5FBB51 #5194BB #AD51BB

square

#BB7851 #5FBB51 #5194BB #AD51BB

split-complementary

#BB7851 #51BBAD #515FBB

monochromatic

#694029 #955B3A #BB7851 #CC9A7D #DDBCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#BB7851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#BB7851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7851

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7851	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f82',
    500: '#bb7851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7851;
$custom-light: #d39f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.075,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6348,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7851

secondary

#9DBACB

accent

#A5D454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7851

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

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