#BB8853#BB8853

#BB8853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.094 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8853
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 83)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 13.47, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 38.32, 69.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0379 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.094 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8607, 28.7999, 12.1155)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8853 #5386BB

analogous

#BB5453 #BB8853 #BABB53

triadic

#BB8853 #53BB88 #8853BB

tetradic

#BB8853 #53BB54 #5386BB #BB53BA

square

#BB8853 #53BB54 #5386BB #BB53BA

split-complementary

#BB8853 #53BABB #5453BB

monochromatic

#6A4A2A #96693B #BB8853 #CCA67F #DEC5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB8853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BB8853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8853

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8853	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.094 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa84',
    500: '#bb8853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8853;
$custom-light: #d2aa84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.577,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66537,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8853

secondary

#9EB4CB

accent

#93D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8853

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

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