#BB8656#BB8656

#BB8656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.091 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8656
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 14.83, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 36.83, 66.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0424 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.091 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7000, 28.2891, 12.6457)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8656 #568BBB

analogous

#BB5658 #BB8656 #BBB856

triadic

#BB8656 #56BB86 #8656BB

tetradic

#BB8656 #58BB56 #568BBB #B856BB

square

#BB8656 #58BB56 #568BBB #B856BB

split-complementary

#BB8656 #56BBB8 #5658BB

monochromatic

#6B4A2B #97683D #BB8656 #CDA582 #DEC4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8656

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8656	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)

#978A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.091 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a986',
    500: '#bb8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8656;
$custom-light: #d2a986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.515,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66196,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8656

secondary

#A1B7CC

accent

#97D255

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8656

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

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