#BB8A49#BB8A49

#BB8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.102 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A49
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 11.57, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 43.11, 74.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.031 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.102 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7864, 29.2250, 10.3215)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A49 #497ABB

analogous

#BB5149 #BB8A49 #B3BB49

triadic

#BB8A49 #49BB8A #8A49BB

tetradic

#BB8A49 #49BB51 #497ABB #BB49B3

square

#BB8A49 #49BB51 #497ABB #BB49B3

split-complementary

#BB8A49 #49B3BB #5149BB

monochromatic

#644925 #916A36 #BB8A49 #CCA776 #DCC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A49

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A49	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)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.102 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7e',
    500: '#bb8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a49;
$custom-light: #d3ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66789,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A49

secondary

#97ACC9

accent

#8BD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A49

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

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