#BB8565#BB8565

#BB8565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.080 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8565
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 101)
HSL	hsl(22, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(22, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 16.83, 25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 30.53, 56.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0501 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.08 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2314, 28.2816, 16.1233)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8565 #659BBB

analogous

#BB6570 #BB8565 #BBB065

triadic

#BB8565 #65BB85 #8565BB

tetradic

#BB8565 #70BB65 #659BBB #B065BB

square

#BB8565 #70BB65 #659BBB #B065BB

split-complementary

#BB8565 #65BBB0 #6570BB

monochromatic

#734B33 #9D6645 #BB8565 #CEA78F #E0C8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB8565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB8565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8565

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8565	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.080 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a891',
    500: '#bb8565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8565;
$custom-light: #d2a891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.326,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66269,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8565

secondary

#ACC2D0

accent

#A3CF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8565

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

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