#BB8740#BB8740

#BB8740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.108 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8740
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 12.62, 45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 46.78, 74.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0328 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.108 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0848, 28.2652, 8.7207)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8740 #4074BB

analogous

#BB4A40 #BB8740 #B2BB40

triadic

#BB8740 #40BB87 #8740BB

tetradic

#BB8740 #40BB4A #4074BB #BB40B2

square

#BB8740 #40BB4A #4074BB #BB40B2

split-complementary

#BB8740 #40B2BB #4A40BB

monochromatic

#604521 #8D6630 #BB8740 #CDA46C #DCC099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BB8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8740

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8740	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.108 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a978',
    500: '#bb8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8740;
$custom-light: #d3a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.634,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66092,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8740

secondary

#8FA7C8

accent

#89D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8740

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

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