#BB8770#BB8770

#BB8770 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.072 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8770
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 112)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 16.94, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 26.39, 50.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0513 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.072 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0833, 29.0647, 19.2463)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8770 #70A4BB

analogous

#BB707E #BB8770 #BBAC70

triadic

#BB8770 #70BB87 #8770BB

tetradic

#BB8770 #7EBB70 #70A4BB #AC70BB

square

#BB8770 #7EBB70 #70A4BB #AC70BB

split-complementary

#BB8770 #70BBAC #707EBB

monochromatic

#784C39 #A1674D #BB8770 #CFAA99 #E2CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BB8770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8770

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8770	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.072 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aa99',
    500: '#bb8770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8770;
$custom-light: #d1aa99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.4,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66876,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8770

secondary

#B5C9D2

accent

#A9CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8770

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

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