#BB7956#BB7956

#BB7956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.096 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7956
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 22.04, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 37.01, 53.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.064 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.096 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0124, 24.9139, 12.0832)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7956 #5698BB

analogous

#BB5665 #BB7956 #BBAB56

triadic

#BB7956 #56BB79 #7956BB

tetradic

#BB7956 #65BB56 #5698BB #AB56BB

square

#BB7956 #65BB56 #5698BB #AB56BB

split-complementary

#BB7956 #56BBAB #5665BB

monochromatic

#6B412B #975C3D #BB7956 #CD9C82 #DEBEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#BB7956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#BB7956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7956

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7956	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)

#8B8053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.096 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a086',
    500: '#bb7956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7956;
$custom-light: #d3a086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.792,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63747,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7956

secondary

#A1BDCC

accent

#A7D255

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7956

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

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