#BB8561#BB8561

#BB8561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.083 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8561
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(24, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(24, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 16.42, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 32.12, 59.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0484 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.083 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0402, 28.2051, 15.1162)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8561 #6197BB

analogous

#BB616A #BB8561 #BBB261

triadic

#BB8561 #61BB85 #8561BB

tetradic

#BB8561 #6ABB61 #6197BB #B261BB

square

#BB8561 #6ABB61 #6197BB #B261BB

split-complementary

#BB8561 #61BBB2 #616ABB

monochromatic

#714A31 #9C6743 #BB8561 #CDA68C #E0C7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BB8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8561

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8561	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.083 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a88e',
    500: '#bb8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8561;
$custom-light: #d2a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66193,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8561

secondary

#A9C0CF

accent

#A0D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8561

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

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