#BB835E#BB835E

#BB835E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB835E
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(24, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(24, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 17.23, 28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 33.36, 58.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0505 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.086 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6318, 27.6078, 14.3030)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB835E #5E96BB

analogous

#BB5E68 #BB835E #BBB15E

triadic

#BB835E #5EBB83 #835EBB

tetradic

#BB835E #68BB5E #5E96BB #B15EBB

square

#BB835E #68BB5E #5E96BB #B15EBB

split-complementary

#BB835E #5EBBB1 #5E68BB

monochromatic

#70492F #9B6541 #BB835E #CDA489 #DFC5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BB835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB835E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB835E	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93885B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a78c',
    500: '#bb835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb835e;
$custom-light: #d2a78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.871,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.08619,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB835E

secondary

#A7BECE

accent

#A0D057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB835E

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

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