#BB8947#BB8947

#BB8947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.103 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8947
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 71)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 11.98, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 43.89, 74.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0319 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.103 72)
XYZ	xyz(30.5783, 28.9133, 9.9303)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8947 #4779BB

analogous

#BB4F47 #BB8947 #B3BB47

triadic

#BB8947 #47BB89 #8947BB

tetradic

#BB8947 #47BB4F #4779BB #BB47B3

square

#BB8947 #47BB4F #4779BB #BB47B3

split-complementary

#BB8947 #47B3BB #4F47BB

monochromatic

#634825 #906935 #BB8947 #CCA674 #DCC2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BB8947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8947

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8947	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)

#9B8B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.103 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab7c',
    500: '#bb8947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8947;
$custom-light: #d3ab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.138,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66567,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.28911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8947

secondary

#95ABC9

accent

#8BD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8947

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

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