#BB8855#BB8855

#BB8855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.092 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8855
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 13.64, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 37.42, 68.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0387 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.092 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9390, 28.8312, 12.5280)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8855 #5588BB

analogous

#BB5555 #BB8855 #BBBB55

triadic

#BB8855 #55BB88 #8855BB

tetradic

#BB8855 #55BB55 #5588BB #BB55BB

square

#BB8855 #55BB55 #5588BB #BB55BB

split-complementary

#BB8855 #55BBBB #5555BB

monochromatic

#6B4B2B #97693C #BB8855 #CCA781 #DEC5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8855

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8855	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.092 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa86',
    500: '#bb8855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8855;
$custom-light: #d2aa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66568,
    "c": 0.09197,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8855

secondary

#A0B6CC

accent

#94D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8855

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

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