#BB8549#BB8549

#BB8549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.102 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8549
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 14.34, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 42.56, 70.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0392 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.102 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0855, 27.8232, 10.0879)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8549 #497FBB

analogous

#BB4C49 #BB8549 #B8BB49

triadic

#BB8549 #49BB85 #8549BB

tetradic

#BB8549 #49BB4C #497FBB #BB49B8

square

#BB8549 #49BB4C #497FBB #BB49B8

split-complementary

#BB8549 #49B8BB #4C49BB

monochromatic

#644625 #916636 #BB8549 #CCA376 #DCC1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BB8549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BB8549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8549

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8549	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.102 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a87d',
    500: '#bb8549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8549;
$custom-light: #d3a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65813,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8549

secondary

#97AFC9

accent

#90D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8549

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

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