#BB8566#BB8566

#BB8566 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.080 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8566
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 102)
HSL	hsl(22, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 16.93, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 30.14, 55.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0505 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.08 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2807, 28.3013, 16.3830)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8566 #669CBB

analogous

#BB6672 #BB8566 #BBB066

triadic

#BB8566 #66BB85 #8566BB

tetradic

#BB8566 #72BB66 #669CBB #B066BB

square

#BB8566 #72BB66 #669CBB #B066BB

split-complementary

#BB8566 #66BBB0 #6672BB

monochromatic

#734B33 #9E6646 #BB8566 #CEA790 #E1C9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB8566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8566

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8566	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#948A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.080 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a892',
    500: '#bb8566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8566;
$custom-light: #d2a892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.882,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66289,
    "c": 0.07979,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8566

secondary

#ADC3D0

accent

#A4CE59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8566

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

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