#BB7942#BB7942

#BB7942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7942
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 20.50, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 45.11, 62.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0565 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.109 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3163, 24.6355, 8.4170)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7942 #4284BB

analogous

#BB4247 #BB7942 #BBB642

triadic

#BB7942 #42BB79 #7942BB

tetradic

#BB7942 #47BB42 #4284BB #B642BB

square

#BB7942 #47BB42 #4284BB #B642BB

split-complementary

#BB7942 #42BBB6 #4247BB

monochromatic

#613E22 #8E5C32 #BB7942 #CC996E #DCB99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BB7942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BB7942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7942

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7942	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a078',
    500: '#bb7942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7942;
$custom-light: #d4a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63447,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7942

secondary

#91AFC8

accent

#9AD750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7942

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

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