#BB8D4E#BB8D4E

#BB8D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.098 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D4E
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 10.29, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 41.24, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0279 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.098 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3952, 30.1668, 11.3754)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D4E #4E7CBB

analogous

#BB574E #BB8D4E #B3BB4E

triadic

#BB8D4E #4EBB8D #8D4EBB

tetradic

#BB8D4E #4EBB57 #4E7CBB #BB4EB3

square

#BB8D4E #4EBB57 #4E7CBB #BB4EB3

split-complementary

#BB8D4E #4EB3BB #574EBB

monochromatic

#674C28 #936D39 #BB8D4E #CCA97A #DDC6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BB8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D4E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D4E	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.098 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae81',
    500: '#bb8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d4e;
$custom-light: #d2ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.679,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67448,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D4E

secondary

#9BAFCA

accent

#8AD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D4E

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

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