#BB8353#BB8353

#BB8353 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.094 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8353
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 83)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 16.24, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 38.00, 64.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0462 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.094 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1729, 27.4242, 11.8862)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8353 #538BBB

analogous

#BB5357 #BB8353 #BBB753

triadic

#BB8353 #53BB83 #8353BB

tetradic

#BB8353 #57BB53 #538BBB #B753BB

square

#BB8353 #57BB53 #538BBB #B753BB

split-complementary

#BB8353 #53BBB7 #5357BB

monochromatic

#6A472A #96653B #BB8353 #CCA37F #DEC2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB8353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BB8353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8353

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8353	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)

#94874F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.094 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a784',
    500: '#bb8353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8353;
$custom-light: #d3a784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65572,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8353

secondary

#9EB7CB

accent

#99D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8353

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

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