#BB8772#BB8772

#BB8772 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.071 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8772
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 114)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 17.17, 19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 25.73, 48.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0521 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.071 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1959, 29.1097, 19.8393)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8772 #72A6BB

analogous

#BB7282 #BB8772 #BBAC72

triadic

#BB8772 #72BB87 #8772BB

tetradic

#BB8772 #82BB72 #72A6BB #AC72BB

square

#BB8772 #82BB72 #72A6BB #AC72BB

split-complementary

#BB8772 #72BBAC #7282BB

monochromatic

#784C3A #A2664E #BB8772 #CFAA9B #E3CDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8772

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8772	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.071 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aa9a',
    500: '#bb8772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8772;
$custom-light: #d1aa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.26,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6692,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8772

secondary

#B6CAD3

accent

#ABCB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8772

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

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