#BB7259#BB7259

#BB7259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.100 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7259
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 89)
HSL	hsl(15, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 26.16, 26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 36.89, 44.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0769 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.1 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3158, 23.3233, 12.4598)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7259 #59A2BB

analogous

#BB5971 #BB7259 #BBA359

triadic

#BB7259 #59BB72 #7259BB

tetradic

#BB7259 #71BB59 #59A2BB #A359BB

square

#BB7259 #71BB59 #59A2BB #A359BB

split-complementary

#BB7259 #59BBA3 #5971BB

monochromatic

#6D3D2D #98553E #BB7259 #CD9784 #DFBCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BB7259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BB7259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7259

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7259	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA666C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.100 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39b88',
    500: '#bb7259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7259;
$custom-light: #d39b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.306,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62538,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7259

secondary

#A3C2CD

accent

#B2D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7259

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

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