#BB8F48#BB8F48

#BB8F48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F48
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 8.74, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 44.36, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0225 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.103 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4874, 30.6797, 10.3930)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F48 #4874BB

analogous

#BB5548 #BB8F48 #AEBB48

triadic

#BB8F48 #48BB8F #8F48BB

tetradic

#BB8F48 #48BB55 #4874BB #BB48AE

square

#BB8F48 #48BB55 #4874BB #BB48AE

split-complementary

#BB8F48 #48AEBB #5548BB

monochromatic

#644C25 #906E36 #BB8F48 #CCAA75 #DCC6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BB8F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BB8F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F48

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F48	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7d',
    500: '#bb8f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f48;
$custom-light: #d3af7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.043,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67769,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F48

secondary

#96A9C9

accent

#85D552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F48

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →