#BB8757#BB8757

#BB8757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.090 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8757
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 14.37, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 36.45, 66.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0411 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.09 63)
XYZ	xyz(30.8794, 28.5831, 12.9057)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8757 #578BBB

analogous

#BB5759 #BB8757 #BBB957

triadic

#BB8757 #57BB87 #8757BB

tetradic

#BB8757 #59BB57 #578BBB #B957BB

square

#BB8757 #59BB57 #578BBB #B957BB

split-complementary

#BB8757 #57BBB9 #5759BB

monochromatic

#6C4B2C #97693D #BB8757 #CDA683 #DEC5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BB8757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BB8757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8757

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8757	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.090 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa87',
    500: '#bb8757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8757;
$custom-light: #d2aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66406,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.28581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8757

secondary

#A2B8CC

accent

#96D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8757

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

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