#BB842F#BB842F

#BB842F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB842F
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 13.35, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 53.58, 75.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0326 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.119 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2599, 27.2750, 6.4123)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB842F #2F66BB

analogous

#BB3E2F #BB842F #ACBB2F

triadic

#BB842F #2FBB84 #842FBB

tetradic

#BB842F #2FBB3E #2F66BB #BB2FAC

square

#BB842F #2FBB3E #2F66BB #BB2FAC

split-complementary

#BB842F #2FACBB #3E2FBB

monochromatic

#593F16 #8A6123 #BB842F #D4A153 #E0BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB842F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BB842F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB842F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB842F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB842F	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)

#988723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb842f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a76d',
    500: '#bb842f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb842f;
$custom-light: #d4a76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb842f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65342,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB842F

secondary

#7C9BC9

accent

#83E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB842F

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

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