#BB8872#BB8872

#BB8872 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.070 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8872
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 114)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 16.62, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 25.62, 49.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0504 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.071 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3361, 29.3900, 19.8860)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8872 #72A5BB

analogous

#BB7281 #BB8872 #BBAD72

triadic

#BB8872 #72BB88 #8872BB

tetradic

#BB8872 #81BB72 #72A5BB #AD72BB

square

#BB8872 #81BB72 #72A5BB #AD72BB

split-complementary

#BB8872 #72BBAD #7281BB

monochromatic

#784D3A #A2674E #BB8872 #CFAB9B #E3CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8872

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8872	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.070 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9a',
    500: '#bb8872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8872;
$custom-light: #d1ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67111,
    "c": 0.0705,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8872

secondary

#B6CAD3

accent

#AACB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8872

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

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