#BB842E#BB842E

#BB842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.120 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB842E
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 13.31, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 53.97, 75.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0323 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.12 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2400, 27.2670, 6.3073)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB842E #2E65BB

analogous

#BB3E2E #BB842E #ABBB2E

triadic

#BB842E #2EBB84 #842EBB

tetradic

#BB842E #2EBB3E #2E65BB #BB2EAB

square

#BB842E #2EBB3E #2E65BB #BB2EAB

split-complementary

#BB842E #2EABBB #3E2EBB

monochromatic

#593F16 #8A6122 #BB842E #D4A152 #E0BC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BB842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB842E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB842E	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.120 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a76c',
    500: '#bb842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb842e;
$custom-light: #d4a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.596,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65334,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB842E

secondary

#7B9ACA

accent

#82E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB842E

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

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