#BB8868#BB8868

#BB8868 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.077 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8868
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 104)
HSL	hsl(23, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 44.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 15.48, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 29.28, 58.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0463 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.077 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7977, 29.1747, 17.0505)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8868 #689BBB

analogous

#BB6871 #BB8868 #BBB268

triadic

#BB8868 #68BB88 #8868BB

tetradic

#BB8868 #71BB68 #689BBB #B268BB

square

#BB8868 #71BB68 #689BBB #B268BB

split-complementary

#BB8868 #68BBB2 #6871BB

monochromatic

#744D34 #9E6947 #BB8868 #CEA992 #E1CBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BB8868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8868

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8868	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968C66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.077 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aa93',
    500: '#bb8868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8868;
$custom-light: #d1aa93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.133,
    "s": 37.9,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66903,
    "c": 0.07712,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8868

secondary

#AFC3D0

accent

#A1CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8868

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

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