#BB852E#BB852E

#BB852E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB852E
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 12.75, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 54.08, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0307 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.12 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3763, 27.5395, 6.3527)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB852E #2E64BB

analogous

#BB3E2E #BB852E #AABB2E

triadic

#BB852E #2EBB85 #852EBB

tetradic

#BB852E #2EBB3E #2E64BB #BB2EAA

square

#BB852E #2EBB3E #2E64BB #BB2EAA

split-complementary

#BB852E #2EAABB #3E2EBB

monochromatic

#593F16 #8A6222 #BB852E #D4A252 #E0BD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB852E

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB852E	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)

#998721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a86c',
    500: '#bb852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb852e;
$custom-light: #d4a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65529,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB852E

secondary

#7B99CA

accent

#81E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB852E

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

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