#BB8850#BB8850

#BB8850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.096 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8850
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 80)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 13.22, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 39.68, 70.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0368 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.096 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7474, 28.7545, 11.5186)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8850 #5083BB

analogous

#BB5350 #BB8850 #B8BB50

triadic

#BB8850 #50BB88 #8850BB

tetradic

#BB8850 #50BB53 #5083BB #BB50B8

square

#BB8850 #50BB53 #5083BB #BB50B8

split-complementary

#BB8850 #50B8BB #5350BB

monochromatic

#684A28 #94693A #BB8850 #CCA67C #DDC4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB8850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BB8850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8850

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8850	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.096 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa82',
    500: '#bb8850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8850;
$custom-light: #d3aa82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66493,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8850

secondary

#9CB2CB

accent

#91D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8850

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

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