#BB8F49#BB8F49

#BB8F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.103 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F49
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 8.81, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 43.90, 78.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0229 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.103 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5203, 30.6929, 10.5662)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F49 #4975BB

analogous

#BB5649 #BB8F49 #AEBB49

triadic

#BB8F49 #49BB8F #8F49BB

tetradic

#BB8F49 #49BB56 #4975BB #BB49AE

square

#BB8F49 #49BB56 #4975BB #BB49AE

split-complementary

#BB8F49 #49AEBB #5649BB

monochromatic

#644C25 #916E36 #BB8F49 #CCAA76 #DCC6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BB8F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BB8F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F49

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F49	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)

#A09042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.103 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af7e',
    500: '#bb8f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f49;
$custom-light: #d3af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67781,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F49

secondary

#97AAC9

accent

#85D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F49

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

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