#BB8D49#BB8D49

#BB8D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.102 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D49
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 9.92, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 43.56, 76.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0261 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.102 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2227, 30.0978, 10.4670)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D49 #4977BB

analogous

#BB5449 #BB8D49 #B0BB49

triadic

#BB8D49 #49BB8D #8D49BB

tetradic

#BB8D49 #49BB54 #4977BB #BB49B0

square

#BB8D49 #49BB54 #4977BB #BB49B0

split-complementary

#BB8D49 #49B0BB #5449BB

monochromatic

#644B25 #916C36 #BB8D49 #CCA976 #DCC5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BB8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D49

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D49	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)

#9E8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.102 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7e',
    500: '#bb8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d49;
$custom-light: #d3ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.789,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67383,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D49

secondary

#97ABC9

accent

#87D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D49

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

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