#BB8B44#BB8B44

#BB8B44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.106 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B44
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 10.67, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 45.53, 76.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0276 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.106 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7713, 29.4496, 9.5314)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B44 #4474BB

analogous

#BB4F44 #BB8B44 #B0BB44

triadic

#BB8B44 #44BB8B #8B44BB

tetradic

#BB8B44 #44BB4F #4474BB #BB44B0

square

#BB8B44 #44BB4F #4474BB #BB44B0

split-complementary

#BB8B44 #44B0BB #4F44BB

monochromatic

#614823 #8E6A34 #BB8B44 #CBA771 #DCC39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B44

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B44	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.106 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7a',
    500: '#bb8b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b44;
$custom-light: #d3ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66925,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B44

secondary

#93A8C8

accent

#87D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B44

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

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