#BB852F#BB852F

#BB852F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB852F
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 47)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 12.80, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 53.69, 76.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.031 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.119 75)
XYZ	xyz(29.3962, 27.5475, 6.4578)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB852F #2F65BB

analogous

#BB3F2F #BB852F #ABBB2F

triadic

#BB852F #2FBB85 #852FBB

tetradic

#BB852F #2FBB3F #2F65BB #BB2FAB

square

#BB852F #2FBB3F #2F65BB #BB2FAB

split-complementary

#BB852F #2FABBB #3F2FBB

monochromatic

#593F16 #8A6223 #BB852F #D4A253 #E0BD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB852F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB852F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB852F

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB852F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB852F	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)

#998723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb852f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a86d',
    500: '#bb852f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb852f;
$custom-light: #d4a86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb852f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.857,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65537,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.27545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB852F

secondary

#7C9AC9

accent

#82E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB852F

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

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