#BB7A42#BB7A42

#BB7A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.109 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7A42
RGB	rgb(187, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 19.95, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 45.10, 63.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.0548 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.109 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4384, 24.8798, 8.4577)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7A42 #4283BB

analogous

#BB4246 #BB7A42 #BBB742

triadic

#BB7A42 #42BB7A #7A42BB

tetradic

#BB7A42 #46BB42 #4283BB #B742BB

square

#BB7A42 #46BB42 #4283BB #B742BB

split-complementary

#BB7A42 #42BBB7 #4246BB

monochromatic

#613F22 #8E5C32 #BB7A42 #CC9A6E #DCB99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BB7A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#BB7A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7A42

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7A42	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.109 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a078',
    500: '#bb7a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7a42;
$custom-light: #d4a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.769,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63633,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7A42

secondary

#91AEC8

accent

#99D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7A42

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

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