#BB8742#BB8742

#BB8742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.107 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8742
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 12.75, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 45.89, 73.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0334 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.107 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1427, 28.2884, 9.0258)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8742 #4276BB

analogous

#BB4B42 #BB8742 #B3BB42

triadic

#BB8742 #42BB87 #8742BB

tetradic

#BB8742 #42BB4B #4276BB #BB42B3

square

#BB8742 #42BB4B #4276BB #BB42B3

split-complementary

#BB8742 #42B3BB #4B42BB

monochromatic

#614622 #8E6632 #BB8742 #CCA46E #DCC09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB8742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8742

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8742	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.107 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a979',
    500: '#bb8742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8742;
$custom-light: #d3a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.215,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66115,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8742

secondary

#91A9C8

accent

#8AD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8742

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

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