#BB8A46#BB8A46

#BB8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A46
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 11.36, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 44.48, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0299 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.104 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6893, 29.1862, 9.8103)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A46 #4677BB

analogous

#BB4F46 #BB8A46 #B1BB46

triadic

#BB8A46 #46BB8A #8A46BB

tetradic

#BB8A46 #46BB4F #4677BB #BB46B1

square

#BB8A46 #46BB4F #4677BB #BB46B1

split-complementary

#BB8A46 #46B1BB #4F46BB

monochromatic

#624824 #8F6935 #BB8A46 #CBA673 #DCC3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A46

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A46	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7c',
    500: '#bb8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a46;
$custom-light: #d3ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.872,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66752,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A46

secondary

#94AAC8

accent

#89D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A46

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

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