#BB8842#BB8842

#BB8842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.107 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8842
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 12.19, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 46.01, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0318 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.107 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2829, 28.5688, 9.0726)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8842 #4275BB

analogous

#BB4C42 #BB8842 #B1BB42

triadic

#BB8842 #42BB88 #8842BB

tetradic

#BB8842 #42BB4C #4275BB #BB42B1

square

#BB8842 #42BB4C #4275BB #BB42B1

split-complementary

#BB8842 #42B1BB #4C42BB

monochromatic

#614622 #8E6732 #BB8842 #CCA46E #DCC19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BB8842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BB8842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8842

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8842	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)

#9A8A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.107 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa79',
    500: '#bb8842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8842;
$custom-light: #d3aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.711,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66311,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8842

secondary

#91A8C8

accent

#89D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8842

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

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