#BB8856#BB8856

#BB8856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.091 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8856
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 13.72, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 36.97, 68.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.0391 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.091 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9790, 28.8472, 12.7387)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8856 #5689BB

analogous

#BB5656 #BB8856 #BBBA56

triadic

#BB8856 #56BB88 #8856BB

tetradic

#BB8856 #56BB56 #5689BB #BA56BB

square

#BB8856 #56BB56 #5689BB #BA56BB

split-complementary

#BB8856 #56BBBA #5656BB

monochromatic

#6B4B2B #97693D #BB8856 #CDA782 #DEC5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8856

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8856	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)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.091 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa86',
    500: '#bb8856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8856;
$custom-light: #d2aa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.703,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66584,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8856

secondary

#A1B7CC

accent

#95D255

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8856

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

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