#BB7955#BB7955

#BB7955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.097 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7955
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 85)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 21.95, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 37.39, 54.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0636 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.097 49)
XYZ	xyz(28.9724, 24.8979, 11.8725)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7955 #5597BB

analogous

#BB5564 #BB7955 #BBAC55

triadic

#BB7955 #55BB79 #7955BB

tetradic

#BB7955 #64BB55 #5597BB #AC55BB

square

#BB7955 #64BB55 #5597BB #AC55BB

split-complementary

#BB7955 #55BBAC #5564BB

monochromatic

#6B412B #975C3C #BB7955 #CC9B81 #DEBEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BB7955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#BB7955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7955

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7955	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.097 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a085',
    500: '#bb7955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7955;
$custom-light: #d3a085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6373,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.24895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7955

secondary

#A0BCCC

accent

#A6D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7955

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

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