#BB856D#BB856D

#BB856D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.075 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB856D
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(18, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 17.70, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 27.61, 50.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0534 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.075 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6426, 28.4461, 18.2891)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB856D #6DA3BB

analogous

#BB6D7C #BB856D #BBAC6D

triadic

#BB856D #6DBB85 #856DBB

tetradic

#BB856D #7CBB6D #6DA3BB #AC6DBB

square

#BB856D #7CBB6D #6DA3BB #AC6DBB

split-complementary

#BB856D #6DBBAC #6D7CBB

monochromatic

#764B37 #A0654B #BB856D #CEA897 #E2CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BB856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB856D

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB856D	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0966D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.075 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a897',
    500: '#bb856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb856d;
$custom-light: #d1a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66432,
    "c": 0.07532,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB856D

secondary

#B2C8D1

accent

#AACC5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB856D

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

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