#BB856F#BB856F

#BB856F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.074 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB856F
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(17, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 40.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 17.93, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 26.94, 48.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0542 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.074 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7515, 28.4897, 18.8625)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB856F #6FA5BB

analogous

#BB6F7F #BB856F #BBAB6F

triadic

#BB856F #6FBB85 #856FBB

tetradic

#BB856F #7FBB6F #6FA5BB #AB6FBB

square

#BB856F #7FBB6F #6FA5BB #AB6FBB

split-complementary

#BB856F #6FBBAB #6F7FBB

monochromatic

#774B38 #A1654C #BB856F #CFA899 #E2CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BB856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB856F

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB856F	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F966F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.074 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a898',
    500: '#bb856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb856f;
$custom-light: #d1a898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.368,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66474,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB856F

secondary

#B4C9D2

accent

#ABCC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB856F

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

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