#BB856B#BB856B

#BB856B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.077 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB856B
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(20, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(20, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 17.48, 22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 28.30, 51.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0525 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.077 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5362, 28.4035, 17.7285)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB856B #6BA1BB

analogous

#BB6B79 #BB856B #BBAD6B

triadic

#BB856B #6BBB85 #856BBB

tetradic

#BB856B #79BB6B #6BA1BB #AD6BBB

square

#BB856B #79BB6B #6BA1BB #AD6BBB

split-complementary

#BB856B #6BBBAD #6B79BB

monochromatic

#764B36 #A06549 #BB856B #CEA895 #E2CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BB856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB856B

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB856B	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.077 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a895',
    500: '#bb856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb856b;
$custom-light: #d1a895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.5,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6639,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB856B

secondary

#B1C7D1

accent

#A8CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB856B

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

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