#BB8451#BB8451

#BB8451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.096 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8451
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 15.51, 35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 38.92, 66.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0438 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.096 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2317, 27.6637, 11.5304)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8451 #5188BB

analogous

#BB5153 #BB8451 #BBB951

triadic

#BB8451 #51BB84 #8451BB

tetradic

#BB8451 #53BB51 #5188BB #B951BB

square

#BB8451 #53BB51 #5188BB #B951BB

split-complementary

#BB8451 #51BBB9 #5153BB

monochromatic

#694829 #95663A #BB8451 #CCA37D #DDC2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BB8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BB8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8451

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8451	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95884D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.096 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a783',
    500: '#bb8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8451;
$custom-light: #d3a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.868,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65733,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8451

secondary

#9DB5CB

accent

#96D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8451

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →