#BB8841#BB8841

#BB8841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.108 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8841
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 12.13, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 46.46, 74.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0315 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.108 73)
XYZ	xyz(30.2537, 28.5571, 8.9187)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8841 #4174BB

analogous

#BB4B41 #BB8841 #B1BB41

triadic

#BB8841 #41BB88 #8841BB

tetradic

#BB8841 #41BB4B #4174BB #BB41B1

square

#BB8841 #41BB4B #4174BB #BB41B1

split-complementary

#BB8841 #41B1BB #4B41BB

monochromatic

#604621 #8E6731 #BB8841 #CCA46D #DCC19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BB8841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BB8841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8841

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8841	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.108 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa78',
    500: '#bb8841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8841;
$custom-light: #d3aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.918,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66299,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.28555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8841

secondary

#90A7C8

accent

#89D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8841

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

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