#BB8259#BB8259

#BB8259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.090 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8259
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(25, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 17.32, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 35.42, 60.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0502 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.09 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2810, 27.2536, 13.1149)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8259 #5992BB

analogous

#BB5961 #BB8259 #BBB359

triadic

#BB8259 #59BB82 #8259BB

tetradic

#BB8259 #61BB59 #5992BB #B359BB

square

#BB8259 #61BB59 #5992BB #B359BB

split-complementary

#BB8259 #59BBB3 #5961BB

monochromatic

#6D482D #98643E #BB8259 #CDA384 #DFC3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BB8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8259

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8259	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.090 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a688',
    500: '#bb8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8259;
$custom-light: #d2a688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.102,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65479,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8259

secondary

#A3BBCD

accent

#9ED256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8259

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

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