#BB8857#BB8857

#BB8857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.090 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8857
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 13.81, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 36.52, 67.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0395 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.09 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0196, 28.8634, 12.9524)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8857 #578ABB

analogous

#BB5758 #BB8857 #BBBA57

triadic

#BB8857 #57BB88 #8857BB

tetradic

#BB8857 #58BB57 #578ABB #BA57BB

square

#BB8857 #58BB57 #578ABB #BA57BB

split-complementary

#BB8857 #57BBBA #5758BB

monochromatic

#6C4B2C #97693D #BB8857 #CDA783 #DEC6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8857

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8857	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)

#988B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.090 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa87',
    500: '#bb8857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8857;
$custom-light: #d2aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.666,
    "c": 0.09035,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8857

secondary

#A2B7CC

accent

#95D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8857

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

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