#BB8253#BB8253

#BB8253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.094 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8253
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 83)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 16.79, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 37.97, 63.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0478 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.094 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0392, 27.1569, 11.8416)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8253 #538CBB

analogous

#BB5358 #BB8253 #BBB653

triadic

#BB8253 #53BB82 #8253BB

tetradic

#BB8253 #58BB53 #538CBB #B653BB

square

#BB8253 #58BB53 #538CBB #B653BB

split-complementary

#BB8253 #53BBB6 #5358BB

monochromatic

#6A472A #96643B #BB8253 #CCA27F #DEC2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BB8253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BB8253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8253

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8253	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)

#93874F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.094 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a684',
    500: '#bb8253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8253;
$custom-light: #d3a684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.115,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8253

secondary

#9EB7CB

accent

#9AD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8253

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

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