#BB8848#BB8848

#BB8848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.102 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8848
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, 12.61, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 43.32, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0339 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.102 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4692, 28.6433, 10.0536)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8848 #487BBB

analogous

#BB4E48 #BB8848 #B5BB48

triadic

#BB8848 #48BB88 #8848BB

tetradic

#BB8848 #48BB4E #487BBB #BB48B5

square

#BB8848 #48BB4E #487BBB #BB48B5

split-complementary

#BB8848 #48B5BB #4E48BB

monochromatic

#644825 #906836 #BB8848 #CCA575 #DCC2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BB8848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8848

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8848	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)

#9A8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.102 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa7d',
    500: '#bb8848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8848;
$custom-light: #d3aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.391,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66384,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8848

secondary

#96ADC9

accent

#8CD552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8848

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

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