#BB8161#BB8161

#BB8161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.085 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8161
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 97)
HSL	hsl(21, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 18.64, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 32.26, 54.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0551 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.085 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5030, 27.1307, 14.9371)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8161 #619BBB

analogous

#BB616E #BB8161 #BBAE61

triadic

#BB8161 #61BB81 #8161BB

tetradic

#BB8161 #6EBB61 #619BBB #AE61BB

square

#BB8161 #6EBB61 #619BBB #AE61BB

split-complementary

#BB8161 #61BBAE #616EBB

monochromatic

#714831 #9C6343 #BB8161 #CDA38C #E0C5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BB8161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BB8161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8161

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8161	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91875F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.085 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a58e',
    500: '#bb8161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8161;
$custom-light: #d2a58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65434,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8161

secondary

#A9C1CF

accent

#A5D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8161

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

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