#BB8948#BB8948

#BB8948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.102 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8948
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 12.05, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 43.44, 73.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0322 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.102 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6107, 28.9263, 10.1007)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8948 #487ABB

analogous

#BB4F48 #BB8948 #B3BB48

triadic

#BB8948 #48BB89 #8948BB

tetradic

#BB8948 #48BB4F #487ABB #BB48B3

square

#BB8948 #48BB4F #487ABB #BB48B3

split-complementary

#BB8948 #48B3BB #4F48BB

monochromatic

#644825 #906936 #BB8948 #CCA675 #DCC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BB8948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8948

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8948	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)

#9B8B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.102 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab7d',
    500: '#bb8948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8948;
$custom-light: #d3ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6658,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8948

secondary

#96ACC9

accent

#8BD552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8948

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

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