#BB8B4E#BB8B4E

#BB8B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.098 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B4E
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 11.40, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 40.95, 73.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0311 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.098 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1030, 29.5823, 11.2780)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B4E #4E7EBB

analogous

#BB554E #BB8B4E #B5BB4E

triadic

#BB8B4E #4EBB8B #8B4EBB

tetradic

#BB8B4E #4EBB55 #4E7EBB #BB4EB5

square

#BB8B4E #4EBB55 #4E7EBB #BB4EB5

split-complementary

#BB8B4E #4EB5BB #554EBB

monochromatic

#674B28 #936B39 #BB8B4E #CCA87A #DDC5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BB8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B4E

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B4E	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.098 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac81',
    500: '#bb8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b4e;
$custom-light: #d3ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.578,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67053,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B4E

secondary

#9BB0CA

accent

#8CD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B4E

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

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