#BB8552#BB8552

#BB8552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.095 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8552
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 82)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 15.04, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 38.54, 67.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0425 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.095 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4058, 27.9513, 11.7747)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8552 #5288BB

analogous

#BB5253 #BB8552 #BBB952

triadic

#BB8552 #52BB85 #8552BB

tetradic

#BB8552 #53BB52 #5288BB #B952BB

square

#BB8552 #53BB52 #5288BB #B952BB

split-complementary

#BB8552 #52BBB9 #5253BB

monochromatic

#694829 #95673B #BB8552 #CCA47E #DEC3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB8552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BB8552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8552

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8552	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)

#96894E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.095 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a884',
    500: '#bb8552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8552;
$custom-light: #d2a884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65941,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8552

secondary

#9EB5CB

accent

#96D354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8552

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

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