#BB8A42#BB8A42

#BB8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.107 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A42
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 11.09, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 46.28, 76.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0286 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.107 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5672, 29.1374, 9.1673)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A42 #4273BB

analogous

#BB4D42 #BB8A42 #B0BB42

triadic

#BB8A42 #42BB8A #8A42BB

tetradic

#BB8A42 #42BB4D #4273BB #BB42B0

square

#BB8A42 #42BB4D #4273BB #BB42B0

split-complementary

#BB8A42 #42B0BB #4D42BB

monochromatic

#614722 #8E6932 #BB8A42 #CCA66E #DCC29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BB8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A42

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A42	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.107 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac79',
    500: '#bb8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a42;
$custom-light: #d3ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.702,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66704,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A42

secondary

#91A7C8

accent

#87D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A42

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

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