#BB8B49#BB8B49

#BB8B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.102 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B49
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 11.02, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 43.25, 75.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0293 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.102 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9305, 29.5133, 10.3696)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B49 #4979BB

analogous

#BB5249 #BB8B49 #B2BB49

triadic

#BB8B49 #49BB8B #8B49BB

tetradic

#BB8B49 #49BB52 #4979BB #BB49B2

square

#BB8B49 #49BB52 #4979BB #BB49B2

split-complementary

#BB8B49 #49B2BB #5249BB

monochromatic

#644A25 #916B36 #BB8B49 #CCA776 #DCC4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BB8B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B49

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B49	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8984B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.102 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7e',
    500: '#bb8b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b49;
$custom-light: #d3ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66986,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B49

secondary

#97ACC9

accent

#8AD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B49

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

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