#BB8255#BB8255

#BB8255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.093 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8255
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(26, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 16.96, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 37.11, 62.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0486 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.093 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1175, 27.1883, 12.2542)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8255 #558EBB

analogous

#BB555B #BB8255 #BBB555

triadic

#BB8255 #55BB82 #8255BB

tetradic

#BB8255 #5BBB55 #558EBB #B555BB

square

#BB8255 #5BBB55 #558EBB #B555BB

split-complementary

#BB8255 #55BBB5 #555BBB

monochromatic

#6B472B #97643C #BB8255 #CCA281 #DEC2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BB8255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8255

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8255	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.093 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a685',
    500: '#bb8255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8255;
$custom-light: #d2a685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65413,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8255

secondary

#A0B8CC

accent

#9BD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8255

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

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