#BB7B59#BB7B59

#BB7B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.093 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7B59
RGB	rgb(187, 123, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 21.20, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 35.71, 53.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0619 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.093 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3814, 25.4544, 12.8150)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7B59 #5999BB

analogous

#BB5968 #BB7B59 #BBAC59

triadic

#BB7B59 #59BB7B #7B59BB

tetradic

#BB7B59 #68BB59 #5999BB #AC59BB

square

#BB7B59 #68BB59 #5999BB #AC59BB

split-complementary

#BB7B59 #59BBAC #5968BB

monochromatic

#6D432D #985E3E #BB7B59 #CD9E84 #DFC0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BB7B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#BB7B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7B59

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7B59	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 123, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.093 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a188',
    500: '#bb7b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7b59;
$custom-light: #d2a188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.816,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64167,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7B59

secondary

#A3BECD

accent

#A7D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7B59

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

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