#BB8442#BB8442

#BB8442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.107 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8442
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 14.41, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 45.58, 71.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0384 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.107 69)
XYZ	xyz(29.7301, 27.4631, 8.8883)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8442 #4279BB

analogous

#BB4742 #BB8442 #B6BB42

triadic

#BB8442 #42BB84 #8442BB

tetradic

#BB8442 #42BB47 #4279BB #BB42B6

square

#BB8442 #42BB47 #4279BB #BB42B6

split-complementary

#BB8442 #42B6BB #4742BB

monochromatic

#614422 #8E6432 #BB8442 #CCA16E #DCBF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8442

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8442	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#97873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.107 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a779',
    500: '#bb8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8442;
$custom-light: #d3a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65532,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.27461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8442

secondary

#91AAC8

accent

#8ED750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8442

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

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