#BB8870#BB8870

#BB8870 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.072 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8870
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 112)
HSL	hsl(19, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 16.38, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 26.30, 51.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0496 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.072 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2235, 29.3450, 19.2930)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8870 #70A3BB

analogous

#BB707D #BB8870 #BBAD70

triadic

#BB8870 #70BB88 #8870BB

tetradic

#BB8870 #7DBB70 #70A3BB #AD70BB

square

#BB8870 #7DBB70 #70A3BB #AD70BB

split-complementary

#BB8870 #70BBAD #707DBB

monochromatic

#784D39 #A1684D #BB8870 #CFAB99 #E2CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8870 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BB8870 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8870

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8870	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8870	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8870;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.072 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aa99',
    500: '#bb8870',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8870;
$custom-light: #d1aa99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8870",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67068,
    "c": 0.07171,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8870

secondary

#B5C9D2

accent

#A8CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8870

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

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