#BB8642#BB8642

#BB8642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.107 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8642
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 13.30, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 45.78, 73.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0351 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.107 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0039, 28.0107, 8.9796)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8642 #4277BB

analogous

#BB4A42 #BB8642 #B4BB42

triadic

#BB8642 #42BB86 #8642BB

tetradic

#BB8642 #42BB4A #4277BB #BB42B4

square

#BB8642 #42BB4A #4277BB #BB42B4

split-complementary

#BB8642 #42B4BB #4A42BB

monochromatic

#614522 #8E6632 #BB8642 #CCA36E #DCC09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BB8642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BB8642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8642

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8642	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)

#98893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.107 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a979',
    500: '#bb8642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8642;
$custom-light: #d3a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.719,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6592,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8642

secondary

#91A9C8

accent

#8CD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8642

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

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