#BB7940#BB7940

#BB7940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7940
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(28, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 20.37, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 45.94, 63.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0558 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.11 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2583, 24.6123, 8.1119)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7940 #4082BB

analogous

#BB4045 #BB7940 #BBB740

triadic

#BB7940 #40BB79 #7940BB

tetradic

#BB7940 #45BB40 #4082BB #B740BB

square

#BB7940 #45BB40 #4082BB #B740BB

split-complementary

#BB7940 #40BBB7 #4045BB

monochromatic

#603E21 #8D5B30 #BB7940 #CD996C #DCB899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#BB7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#BB7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7940

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7940	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)

#8D7F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a077',
    500: '#bb7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7940;
$custom-light: #d4a077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.805,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63422,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7940

secondary

#8FADC8

accent

#99D94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7940

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

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