#BB8E45#BB8E45

#BB8E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.106 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E45
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 9.08, 44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 45.56, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0231 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.106 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2425, 30.3426, 9.8403)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E45 #4572BB

analogous

#BB5345 #BB8E45 #ADBB45

triadic

#BB8E45 #45BB8E #8E45BB

tetradic

#BB8E45 #45BB53 #4572BB #BB45AD

square

#BB8E45 #45BB53 #4572BB #BB45AD

split-complementary

#BB8E45 #45ADBB #5345BB

monochromatic

#624A24 #8F6C34 #BB8E45 #CBA972 #DCC49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BB8E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E45

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E45	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.106 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7b',
    500: '#bb8e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e45;
$custom-light: #d3ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.119,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67533,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E45

secondary

#94A8C8

accent

#84D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E45

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

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