#BB7B42#BB7B42

#BB7B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.108 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7B42
RGB	rgb(187, 123, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 19.39, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 45.11, 64.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0532 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.108 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5618, 25.1266, 8.4989)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7B42 #4282BB

analogous

#BB4246 #BB7B42 #BBB742

triadic

#BB7B42 #42BB7B #7B42BB

tetradic

#BB7B42 #46BB42 #4282BB #B742BB

square

#BB7B42 #46BB42 #4282BB #B742BB

split-complementary

#BB7B42 #42BBB7 #4246BB

monochromatic

#613F22 #8E5D32 #BB7B42 #CC9A6E #DCBA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#BB7B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#BB7B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7B42

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7B42	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 123, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.108 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a178',
    500: '#bb7b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7b42;
$custom-light: #d4a178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.264,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63819,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7B42

secondary

#91AEC8

accent

#98D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7B42

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

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