#BB8946#BB8946

#BB8946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.104 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8946
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 70)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 11.91, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 44.34, 74.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0316 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.104 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5465, 28.9006, 9.7627)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8946 #4678BB

analogous

#BB4E46 #BB8946 #B2BB46

triadic

#BB8946 #46BB89 #8946BB

tetradic

#BB8946 #46BB4E #4678BB #BB46B2

square

#BB8946 #46BB4E #4678BB #BB46B2

split-complementary

#BB8946 #46B2BB #4E46BB

monochromatic

#624824 #8F6835 #BB8946 #CBA673 #DCC2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BB8946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8946

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8946	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.104 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab7c',
    500: '#bb8946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8946;
$custom-light: #d3ab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.359,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66555,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8946

secondary

#94ABC8

accent

#8AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8946

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

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