#BB8640#BB8640

#BB8640 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.108 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8640
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 13.17, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 46.66, 73.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0344 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.108 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9459, 27.9875, 8.6744)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8640 #4075BB

analogous

#BB4840 #BB8640 #B3BB40

triadic

#BB8640 #40BB86 #8640BB

tetradic

#BB8640 #40BB48 #4075BB #BB40B3

square

#BB8640 #40BB48 #4075BB #BB40B3

split-complementary

#BB8640 #40B3BB #4840BB

monochromatic

#604521 #8D6530 #BB8640 #CDA36C #DCBF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BB8640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BB8640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8640

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8640	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.108 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a977',
    500: '#bb8640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8640;
$custom-light: #d3a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.146,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65897,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8640

secondary

#8FA7C8

accent

#8AD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8640

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

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