#BB8355#BB8355

#BB8355 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.093 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8355
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 16.41, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 37.13, 63.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.047 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.093 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2512, 27.4556, 12.2987)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8355 #558DBB

analogous

#BB555A #BB8355 #BBB655

triadic

#BB8355 #55BB83 #8355BB

tetradic

#BB8355 #5ABB55 #558DBB #B655BB

square

#BB8355 #5ABB55 #558DBB #B655BB

split-complementary

#BB8355 #55BBB6 #555ABB

monochromatic

#6B482B #97653C #BB8355 #CCA381 #DEC3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB8355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB8355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8355

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8355	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.093 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a786',
    500: '#bb8355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8355;
$custom-light: #d2a786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.059,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65604,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8355

secondary

#A0B8CC

accent

#9AD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8355

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

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