#BB8555#BB8555

#BB8555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.092 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8555
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 15.30, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 37.21, 65.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0437 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.092 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5224, 27.9980, 12.3891)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8555 #558BBB

analogous

#BB5558 #BB8555 #BBB855

triadic

#BB8555 #55BB85 #8555BB

tetradic

#BB8555 #58BB55 #558BBB #B855BB

square

#BB8555 #58BB55 #558BBB #B855BB

split-complementary

#BB8555 #55BBB8 #5558BB

monochromatic

#6B492B #97673C #BB8555 #CCA481 #DEC4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BB8555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#BB8555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8555

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8555	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.092 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a886',
    500: '#bb8555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8555;
$custom-light: #d2a886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65988,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8555

secondary

#A0B7CC

accent

#98D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8555

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

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