#BB8542#BB8542

#BB8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.107 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8542
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 13.85, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 45.67, 72.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0367 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.107 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8663, 27.7356, 8.9337)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8542 #4278BB

analogous

#BB4942 #BB8542 #B5BB42

triadic

#BB8542 #42BB85 #8542BB

tetradic

#BB8542 #42BB49 #4278BB #BB42B5

square

#BB8542 #42BB49 #4278BB #BB42B5

split-complementary

#BB8542 #42B5BB #4942BB

monochromatic

#614522 #8E6532 #BB8542 #CCA26E #DCBF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BB8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BB8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8542

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8542	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.107 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a879',
    500: '#bb8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8542;
$custom-light: #d3a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.223,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65725,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8542

secondary

#91A9C8

accent

#8DD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8542

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

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