#BB8C4E#BB8C4E

#BB8C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.098 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C4E
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 10.85, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 41.09, 74.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0295 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.098 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2484, 29.8732, 11.3265)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C4E #4E7DBB

analogous

#BB554E #BB8C4E #B4BB4E

triadic

#BB8C4E #4EBB8C #8C4EBB

tetradic

#BB8C4E #4EBB55 #4E7DBB #BB4EB4

square

#BB8C4E #4EBB55 #4E7DBB #BB4EB4

split-complementary

#BB8C4E #4EB4BB #554EBB

monochromatic

#674C28 #936C39 #BB8C4E #CCA97A #DDC5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C4E

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C4E	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.098 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ad81',
    500: '#bb8c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c4e;
$custom-light: #d2ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.128,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6725,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C4E

secondary

#9BAFCA

accent

#8BD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C4E

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

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