#BB8859#BB8859

#BB8859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.089 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8859
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 13.99, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 35.63, 66.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0403 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.089 63)
XYZ	xyz(31.1024, 28.8966, 13.3887)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8859 #598CBB

analogous

#BB595B #BB8859 #BBB959

triadic

#BB8859 #59BB88 #8859BB

tetradic

#BB8859 #5BBB59 #598CBB #B959BB

square

#BB8859 #5BBB59 #598CBB #B959BB

split-complementary

#BB8859 #59BBB9 #595BBB

monochromatic

#6D4B2D #986A3E #BB8859 #CDA784 #DFC6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BB8859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8859

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8859	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.089 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aa88',
    500: '#bb8859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8859;
$custom-light: #d2aa88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.776,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66632,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.28894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8859

secondary

#A3B9CD

accent

#96D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8859

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

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