#BB8D42#BB8D42

#BB8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.108 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D42
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 9.43, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 46.74, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0237 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.108 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0036, 30.0101, 9.3128)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D42 #4270BB

analogous

#BB5142 #BB8D42 #ADBB42

triadic

#BB8D42 #42BB8D #8D42BB

tetradic

#BB8D42 #42BB51 #4270BB #BB42AD

square

#BB8D42 #42BB51 #4270BB #BB42AD

split-complementary

#BB8D42 #42ADBB #5142BB

monochromatic

#614922 #8E6B32 #BB8D42 #CCA86E #DCC39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D42

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D42	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.108 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae79',
    500: '#bb8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d42;
$custom-light: #d3ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.19,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67299,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D42

secondary

#91A6C8

accent

#84D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D42

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

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