#BB8949#BB8949

#BB8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.102 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8949
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 12.13, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 42.98, 73.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0326 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.102 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6436, 28.9394, 10.2739)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8949 #497BBB

analogous

#BB5049 #BB8949 #B4BB49

triadic

#BB8949 #49BB89 #8949BB

tetradic

#BB8949 #49BB50 #497BBB #BB49B4

square

#BB8949 #49BB50 #497BBB #BB49B4

split-complementary

#BB8949 #49B4BB #5049BB

monochromatic

#644925 #916936 #BB8949 #CCA676 #DCC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BB8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8949

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8949	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.102 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab7e',
    500: '#bb8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8949;
$custom-light: #d3ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66593,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8949

secondary

#97ADC9

accent

#8CD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8949

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

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