#BB7D42#BB7D42

#BB7D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.108 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7D42
RGB	rgb(187, 125, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 18.28, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 45.15, 66.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.0499 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.108 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8125, 25.6279, 8.5824)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7D42 #4280BB

analogous

#BB4244 #BB7D42 #BBBA42

triadic

#BB7D42 #42BB7D #7D42BB

tetradic

#BB7D42 #44BB42 #4280BB #BA42BB

square

#BB7D42 #44BB42 #4280BB #BA42BB

split-complementary

#BB7D42 #42BBBA #4244BB

monochromatic

#614122 #8E5F32 #BB7D42 #CC9C6E #DCBB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BB7D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BB7D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7D42

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7D42	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 125, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.108 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a278',
    500: '#bb7d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7d42;
$custom-light: #d4a278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.256,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64195,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7D42

secondary

#91ADC8

accent

#96D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7D42

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

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