#BB8749#BB8749

#BB8749 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.102 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8749
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 13.23, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 42.75, 71.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0359 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.102 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3619, 28.3761, 10.1801)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8749 #497DBB

analogous

#BB4E49 #BB8749 #B6BB49

triadic

#BB8749 #49BB87 #8749BB

tetradic

#BB8749 #49BB4E #497DBB #BB49B6

square

#BB8749 #49BB4E #497DBB #BB49B6

split-complementary

#BB8749 #49B6BB #4E49BB

monochromatic

#644825 #916736 #BB8749 #CCA476 #DCC2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BB8749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8749

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8749	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)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.102 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa7d',
    500: '#bb8749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8749;
$custom-light: #d3aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.632,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66202,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8749

secondary

#97AEC9

accent

#8ED553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8749

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

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