#BB8B42#BB8B42

#BB8B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.107 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B42
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 10.54, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 46.43, 76.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0269 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.107 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7113, 29.4256, 9.2154)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B42 #4272BB

analogous

#BB4E42 #BB8B42 #AFBB42

triadic

#BB8B42 #42BB8B #8B42BB

tetradic

#BB8B42 #42BB4E #4272BB #BB42AF

square

#BB8B42 #42BB4E #4272BB #BB42AF

split-complementary

#BB8B42 #42AFBB #4E42BB

monochromatic

#614822 #8E6932 #BB8B42 #CCA76E #DCC29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B42

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B42	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.107 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac79',
    500: '#bb8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b42;
$custom-light: #d3ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66902,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B42

secondary

#91A7C8

accent

#86D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B42

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

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