#BB8847#BB8847

#BB8847 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8847
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 71)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 12.53, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 43.77, 73.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0335 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.103 71)
XYZ	xyz(30.4368, 28.6303, 9.8832)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8847 #477ABB

analogous

#BB4E47 #BB8847 #B4BB47

triadic

#BB8847 #47BB88 #8847BB

tetradic

#BB8847 #47BB4E #477ABB #BB47B4

square

#BB8847 #47BB4E #477ABB #BB47B4

split-complementary

#BB8847 #47B4BB #4E47BB

monochromatic

#634825 #906835 #BB8847 #CCA574 #DCC2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BB8847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8847

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8847	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa7c',
    500: '#bb8847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8847;
$custom-light: #d3aa7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.621,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66371,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.28628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8847

secondary

#95ACC9

accent

#8CD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8847

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

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