#BB8A47#BB8A47

#BB8A47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A47
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 71)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 11.43, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 44.02, 74.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0303 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.103 73)
XYZ	xyz(30.7211, 29.1989, 9.9779)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A47 #4778BB

analogous

#BB5047 #BB8A47 #B2BB47

triadic

#BB8A47 #47BB8A #8A47BB

tetradic

#BB8A47 #47BB50 #4778BB #BB47B2

square

#BB8A47 #47BB50 #4778BB #BB47B2

split-complementary

#BB8A47 #47B2BB #5047BB

monochromatic

#634925 #906935 #BB8A47 #CCA674 #DCC3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A47

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A47	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)

#9C8C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7c',
    500: '#bb8a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a47;
$custom-light: #d3ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.655,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66764,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.29197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A47

secondary

#95ABC9

accent

#8AD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A47

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

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