#BB8E48#BB8E48

#BB8E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.103 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E48
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 9.29, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 44.18, 77.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.0241 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.103 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3380, 30.3808, 10.3432)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E48 #4875BB

analogous

#BB5448 #BB8E48 #AEBB48

triadic

#BB8E48 #48BB8E #8E48BB

tetradic

#BB8E48 #48BB54 #4875BB #BB48AE

square

#BB8E48 #48BB54 #4875BB #BB48AE

split-complementary

#BB8E48 #48AEBB #5448BB

monochromatic

#644B25 #906D36 #BB8E48 #CCAA75 #DCC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BB8E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E48

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E48	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.103 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7d',
    500: '#bb8e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e48;
$custom-light: #d3ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67569,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E48

secondary

#96AAC9

accent

#86D552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E48

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →