#BB8849#BB8849

#BB8849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.102 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8849
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 12.68, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 42.86, 72.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0342 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.102 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5021, 28.6564, 10.2268)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8849 #497CBB

analogous

#BB4F49 #BB8849 #B5BB49

triadic

#BB8849 #49BB88 #8849BB

tetradic

#BB8849 #49BB4F #497CBB #BB49B5

square

#BB8849 #49BB4F #497CBB #BB49B5

split-complementary

#BB8849 #49B5BB #4F49BB

monochromatic

#644825 #916836 #BB8849 #CCA576 #DCC2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BB8849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8849

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8849	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)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.102 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa7e',
    500: '#bb8849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8849;
$custom-light: #d3aa7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66397,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8849

secondary

#97ADC9

accent

#8DD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8849

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

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