#BB843B#BB843B

#BB843B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB843B
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 13.97, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 48.63, 73.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0361 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.112 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5362, 27.3855, 7.8672)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB843B #3B72BB

analogous

#BB443B #BB843B #B2BB3B

triadic

#BB843B #3BBB84 #843BBB

tetradic

#BB843B #3BBB44 #3B72BB #BB3BB2

square

#BB843B #3BBB44 #3B72BB #BB3BB2

split-complementary

#BB843B #3BB2BB #443BBB

monochromatic

#5E421E #8C632C #BB843B #CEA165 #DDBD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BB843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB843B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB843B	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a774',
    500: '#bb843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb843b;
$custom-light: #d4a774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.219,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65453,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB843B

secondary

#8AA4C8

accent

#8ADB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB843B

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

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