#BB8550#BB8550

#BB8550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8550
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 80)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, 14.88, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 39.43, 67.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.0417 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.096 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3308, 27.9213, 11.3797)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8550 #5086BB

analogous

#BB5050 #BB8550 #BBBB50

triadic

#BB8550 #50BB85 #8550BB

tetradic

#BB8550 #50BB50 #5086BB #BB50BB

square

#BB8550 #50BB50 #5086BB #BB50BB

split-complementary

#BB8550 #50BBBB #5050BB

monochromatic

#684828 #94663A #BB8550 #CCA47C #DDC2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB8550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BB8550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8550

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8550	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a882',
    500: '#bb8550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8550;
$custom-light: #d3a882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.72,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65911,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8550

secondary

#9CB4CB

accent

#94D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8550

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

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