#BB8149#BB8149

#BB8149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.102 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8149
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 16.55, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 42.28, 66.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0457 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.102 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5482, 26.7488, 9.9088)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8149 #4983BB

analogous

#BB494A #BB8149 #BBBA49

triadic

#BB8149 #49BB81 #8149BB

tetradic

#BB8149 #4ABB49 #4983BB #BA49BB

square

#BB8149 #4ABB49 #4983BB #BA49BB

split-complementary

#BB8149 #49BBBA #494ABB

monochromatic

#644425 #916336 #BB8149 #CCA076 #DCBFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB8149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BB8149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8149

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8149	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.102 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a57d',
    500: '#bb8149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8149;
$custom-light: #d3a57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65044,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8149

secondary

#97B0C9

accent

#95D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8149

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

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