#BB8E4B#BB8E4B

#BB8E4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.101 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E4B
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 75)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 9.51, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 42.80, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0252 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.101 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4382, 30.4210, 10.8712)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E4B #4B78BB

analogous

#BB564B #BB8E4B #B0BB4B

triadic

#BB8E4B #4BBB8E #8E4BBB

tetradic

#BB8E4B #4BBB56 #4B78BB #BB4BB0

square

#BB8E4B #4BBB56 #4B78BB #BB4BB0

split-complementary

#BB8E4B #4BB0BB #564BBB

monochromatic

#654C26 #926D37 #BB8E4B #CCAA77 #DDC6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BB8E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E4B

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E4B	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#9F8F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.101 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7f',
    500: '#bb8e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e4b;
$custom-light: #d3af7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.893,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67607,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E4B

secondary

#98ACCA

accent

#87D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E4B

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

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