#BB8D48#BB8D48

#BB8D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.103 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D48
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 9.84, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 44.02, 77.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0257 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.103 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1899, 30.0846, 10.2938)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D48 #4876BB

analogous

#BB5348 #BB8D48 #AFBB48

triadic

#BB8D48 #48BB8D #8D48BB

tetradic

#BB8D48 #48BB53 #4876BB #BB48AF

square

#BB8D48 #48BB53 #4876BB #BB48AF

split-complementary

#BB8D48 #48AFBB #5348BB

monochromatic

#644B25 #906C36 #BB8D48 #CCA975 #DCC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BB8D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D48

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D48	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.103 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7d',
    500: '#bb8d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d48;
$custom-light: #d3ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6737,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D48

secondary

#96AAC9

accent

#87D552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D48

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

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