#BB853B#BB853B

#BB853B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.112 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB853B
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 13.42, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 48.73, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0344 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.112 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.6724, 27.6580, 7.9126)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB853B #3B71BB

analogous

#BB453B #BB853B #B1BB3B

triadic

#BB853B #3BBB85 #853BBB

tetradic

#BB853B #3BBB45 #3B71BB #BB3BB1

square

#BB853B #3BBB45 #3B71BB #BB3BB1

split-complementary

#BB853B #3BB1BB #453BBB

monochromatic

#5E431E #8C642C #BB853B #CEA265 #DDBE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BB853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB853B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB853B	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#988833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.112 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a874',
    500: '#bb853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb853b;
$custom-light: #d4a874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.688,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65648,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.27656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB853B

secondary

#8AA4C8

accent

#89DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB853B

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

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