#BB8748#BB8748

#BB8748 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.102 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8748
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 13.16, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 43.20, 72.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0355 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.102 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3290, 28.3629, 10.0068)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8748 #487CBB

analogous

#BB4D48 #BB8748 #B5BB48

triadic

#BB8748 #48BB87 #8748BB

tetradic

#BB8748 #48BB4D #487CBB #BB48B5

square

#BB8748 #48BB4D #487CBB #BB48B5

split-complementary

#BB8748 #48B5BB #4D48BB

monochromatic

#644725 #906736 #BB8748 #CCA475 #DCC2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BB8748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8748

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8748	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.102 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa7d',
    500: '#bb8748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8748;
$custom-light: #d3aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.87,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66189,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8748

secondary

#96ADC9

accent

#8ED552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8748

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

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