#BB873B#BB873B

#BB873B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.112 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB873B
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 12.31, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 48.96, 75.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0312 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.112 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9489, 28.2109, 8.0047)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB873B #3B6FBB

analogous

#BB473B #BB873B #AFBB3B

triadic

#BB873B #3BBB87 #873BBB

tetradic

#BB873B #3BBB47 #3B6FBB #BB3BAF

square

#BB873B #3BBB47 #3B6FBB #BB3BAF

split-complementary

#BB873B #3BAFBB #473BBB

monochromatic

#5E441E #8C652C #BB873B #CEA365 #DDBF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BB873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB873B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB873B	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.112 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a974',
    500: '#bb873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb873b;
$custom-light: #d4a974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66038,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB873B

secondary

#8AA3C8

accent

#86DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB873B

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

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