#BB8A48#BB8A48

#BB8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A48
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 11.50, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 43.57, 74.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0306 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.103 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7535, 29.2119, 10.1483)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A48 #4879BB

analogous

#BB5048 #BB8A48 #B2BB48

triadic

#BB8A48 #48BB8A #8A48BB

tetradic

#BB8A48 #48BB50 #4879BB #BB48B2

square

#BB8A48 #48BB50 #4879BB #BB48B2

split-complementary

#BB8A48 #48B2BB #5048BB

monochromatic

#644925 #906A36 #BB8A48 #CCA775 #DCC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A48

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A48	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)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7d',
    500: '#bb8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a48;
$custom-light: #d3ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66777,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A48

secondary

#96ACC9

accent

#8AD552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A48

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

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