#BB8440#BB8440

#BB8440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.108 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8440
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 14.28, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 46.46, 72.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.0377 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.108 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6721, 27.4399, 8.5832)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8440 #4077BB

analogous

#BB4740 #BB8440 #B5BB40

triadic

#BB8440 #40BB84 #8440BB

tetradic

#BB8440 #40BB47 #4077BB #BB40B5

square

#BB8440 #40BB47 #4077BB #BB40B5

split-complementary

#BB8440 #40B5BB #4740BB

monochromatic

#604421 #8D6430 #BB8440 #CDA16C #DCBE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8440

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8440	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.108 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a777',
    500: '#bb8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8440;
$custom-light: #d3a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65508,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8440

secondary

#8FA8C8

accent

#8DD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8440

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

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