#BB8042#BB8042

#BB8042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8042
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 16.62, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 45.28, 68.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0449 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.107 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1980, 26.3989, 8.7109)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8042 #427DBB

analogous

#BB4442 #BB8042 #BABB42

triadic

#BB8042 #42BB80 #8042BB

tetradic

#BB8042 #42BB44 #427DBB #BB42BA

square

#BB8042 #42BB44 #427DBB #BB42BA

split-complementary

#BB8042 #42BABB #4442BB

monochromatic

#614222 #8E6132 #BB8042 #CC9E6E #DCBC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#BB8042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#BB8042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8042

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8042	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a578',
    500: '#bb8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8042;
$custom-light: #d3a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.744,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64763,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8042

secondary

#91ACC8

accent

#92D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8042

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

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