#BB8242#BB8242

#BB8242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8242
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 15.51, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 45.41, 70.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0416 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.107 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4614, 26.9258, 8.7987)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8242 #427BBB

analogous

#BB4642 #BB8242 #B7BB42

triadic

#BB8242 #42BB82 #8242BB

tetradic

#BB8242 #42BB46 #427BBB #BB42B7

square

#BB8242 #42BB46 #427BBB #BB42B7

split-complementary

#BB8242 #42B7BB #4642BB

monochromatic

#614322 #8E6332 #BB8242 #CCA06E #DCBE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BB8242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BB8242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8242

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8242	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a679',
    500: '#bb8242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8242;
$custom-light: #d3a679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.736,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65146,
    "c": 0.10689,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8242

secondary

#91ABC8

accent

#90D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8242

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

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