#BB8449#BB8449

#BB8449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.102 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8449
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 14.89, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 42.47, 69.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0408 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.102 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9492, 27.5507, 10.0425)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8449 #4980BB

analogous

#BB4B49 #BB8449 #B9BB49

triadic

#BB8449 #49BB84 #8449BB

tetradic

#BB8449 #49BB4B #4980BB #BB49B9

square

#BB8449 #49BB4B #4980BB #BB49B9

split-complementary

#BB8449 #49B9BB #4B49BB

monochromatic

#644625 #916536 #BB8449 #CCA276 #DCC0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB8449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB8449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8449

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8449	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.102 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a77d',
    500: '#bb8449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8449;
$custom-light: #d3a77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6562,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8449

secondary

#97AFC9

accent

#92D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8449

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

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