#BB8873#BB8873

#BB8873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.070 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8873
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 115)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 16.74, 18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 25.29, 48.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0509 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.07 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3933, 29.4129, 20.1874)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8873 #73A6BB

analogous

#BB7382 #BB8873 #BBAC73

triadic

#BB8873 #73BB88 #8873BB

tetradic

#BB8873 #82BB73 #73A6BB #AC73BB

square

#BB8873 #82BB73 #73A6BB #AC73BB

split-complementary

#BB8873 #73BBAC #7382BB

monochromatic

#794D3B #A2674F #BB8873 #CFAB9C #E3CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8873

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8873	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)

#958D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.070 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9b',
    500: '#bb8873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8873;
$custom-light: #d1ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67133,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8873

secondary

#B7CBD3

accent

#ABCB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8873

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

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