#BB8459#BB8459

#BB8459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.090 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8459
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(26, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 16.21, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 35.44, 62.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0469 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.09 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5496, 27.7909, 13.2044)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8459 #5990BB

analogous

#BB595F #BB8459 #BBB559

triadic

#BB8459 #59BB84 #8459BB

tetradic

#BB8459 #5FBB59 #5990BB #B559BB

square

#BB8459 #5FBB59 #5990BB #B559BB

split-complementary

#BB8459 #59BBB5 #595FBB

monochromatic

#6D492D #98663E #BB8459 #CDA484 #DFC4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BB8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BB8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8459

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8459	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.090 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a888',
    500: '#bb8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8459;
$custom-light: #d2a888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.327,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65861,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8459

secondary

#A3BACD

accent

#9BD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8459

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

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