#BB8B45#BB8B45

#BB8B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.105 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B45
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 10.74, 43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 45.07, 76.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.028 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.105 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8021, 29.4619, 9.6935)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B45 #4575BB

analogous

#BB5045 #BB8B45 #B0BB45

triadic

#BB8B45 #45BB8B #8B45BB

tetradic

#BB8B45 #45BB50 #4575BB #BB45B0

square

#BB8B45 #45BB50 #4575BB #BB45B0

split-complementary

#BB8B45 #45B0BB #5045BB

monochromatic

#624924 #8F6A34 #BB8B45 #CBA772 #DCC39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B45

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B45	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)

#9D8D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.105 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7b',
    500: '#bb8b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b45;
$custom-light: #d3ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B45

secondary

#94A9C8

accent

#88D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B45

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

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