#BB8B4A#BB8B4A

#BB8B4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.101 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B4A
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 74)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 11.09, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 42.79, 74.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0297 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.101 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9639, 29.5267, 10.5456)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B4A #4A7ABB

analogous

#BB524A #BB8B4A #B3BB4A

triadic

#BB8B4A #4ABB8B #8B4ABB

tetradic

#BB8B4A #4ABB52 #4A7ABB #BB4AB3

square

#BB8B4A #4ABB52 #4A7ABB #BB4AB3

split-complementary

#BB8B4A #4AB3BB #524ABB

monochromatic

#654A26 #916B37 #BB8B4A #CCA876 #DCC4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BB8B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B4A

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B4A	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)

#9C8D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8984C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.101 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac7e',
    500: '#bb8b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b4a;
$custom-light: #d3ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.513,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66999,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B4A

secondary

#97ADC9

accent

#8AD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B4A

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

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