#BB8649#BB8649

#BB8649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8649
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, 13.78, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 42.65, 71.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0375 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.102 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2230, 28.0983, 10.1338)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8649 #497EBB

analogous

#BB4D49 #BB8649 #B7BB49

triadic

#BB8649 #49BB86 #8649BB

tetradic

#BB8649 #49BB4D #497EBB #BB49B7

square

#BB8649 #49BB4D #497EBB #BB49B7

split-complementary

#BB8649 #49B7BB #4D49BB

monochromatic

#644725 #916736 #BB8649 #CCA476 #DCC1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB8649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BB8649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8649

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8649	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a97d',
    500: '#bb8649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8649;
$custom-light: #d3a97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.105,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66007,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8649

secondary

#97AEC9

accent

#8FD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8649

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

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