#BB8559#BB8559

#BB8559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.089 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8559
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(27, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 15.65, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 35.47, 63.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0452 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.089 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6858, 28.0634, 13.2498)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8559 #598FBB

analogous

#BB595E #BB8559 #BBB659

triadic

#BB8559 #59BB85 #8559BB

tetradic

#BB8559 #5EBB59 #598FBB #B659BB

square

#BB8559 #5EBB59 #598FBB #B659BB

split-complementary

#BB8559 #59BBB6 #595EBB

monochromatic

#6D4A2D #98673E #BB8559 #CDA584 #DFC5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BB8559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BB8559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8559

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8559	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.089 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a888',
    500: '#bb8559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8559;
$custom-light: #d2a888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.939,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66053,
    "c": 0.08926,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8559

secondary

#A3BACD

accent

#9AD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8559

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

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