#BB8261#BB8261

#BB8261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.085 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8261
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 18.08, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 32.20, 55.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0534 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.085 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6353, 27.3954, 14.9812)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8261 #619ABB

analogous

#BB616D #BB8261 #BBAF61

triadic

#BB8261 #61BB82 #8261BB

tetradic

#BB8261 #6DBB61 #619ABB #AF61BB

square

#BB8261 #6DBB61 #619ABB #AF61BB

split-complementary

#BB8261 #61BBAF #616DBB

monochromatic

#714831 #9C6443 #BB8261 #CDA48C #E0C6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB8261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BB8261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8261

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8261	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92885E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.085 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a68e',
    500: '#bb8261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8261;
$custom-light: #d2a68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65623,
    "c": 0.08456,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8261

secondary

#A9C1CF

accent

#A4D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8261

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

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