#BB856E#BB856E

#BB856E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.075 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB856E
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(18, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 17.82, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 27.27, 49.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0538 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.075 44)
XYZ	xyz(31.6968, 28.4678, 18.5742)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB856E #6EA4BB

analogous

#BB6E7D #BB856E #BBAB6E

triadic

#BB856E #6EBB85 #856EBB

tetradic

#BB856E #7DBB6E #6EA4BB #AB6EBB

square

#BB856E #7DBB6E #6EA4BB #AB6EBB

split-complementary

#BB856E #6EBBAB #6E7DBB

monochromatic

#774B38 #A1654B #BB856E #CFA898 #E2CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BB856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB856E

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB856E	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)

#938B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F966E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.075 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a897',
    500: '#bb856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb856e;
$custom-light: #d1a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.922,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66453,
    "c": 0.07473,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.28466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB856E

secondary

#B3C9D2

accent

#ABCC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB856E

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

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