#BB8461#BB8461

#BB8461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.084 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8461
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 97)
HSL	hsl(23, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(23, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, 16.97, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 32.13, 58.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0501 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.084 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9040, 27.9326, 15.0708)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8461 #6198BB

analogous

#BB616B #BB8461 #BBB161

triadic

#BB8461 #61BB84 #8461BB

tetradic

#BB8461 #6BBB61 #6198BB #B161BB

square

#BB8461 #6BBB61 #6198BB #B161BB

split-complementary

#BB8461 #61BBB1 #616BBB

monochromatic

#714A31 #9C6643 #BB8461 #CDA58C #E0C7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB8461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BB8461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8461

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8461	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94895E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.084 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a88e',
    500: '#bb8461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8461;
$custom-light: #d2a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66002,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8461

secondary

#A9C0CF

accent

#A1D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8461

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

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