#BB8950#BB8950

#BB8950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.096 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8950
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 12.66, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 39.79, 71.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0352 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.096 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8888, 29.0375, 11.5658)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8950 #5082BB

analogous

#BB5450 #BB8950 #B7BB50

triadic

#BB8950 #50BB89 #8950BB

tetradic

#BB8950 #50BB54 #5082BB #BB50B7

square

#BB8950 #50BB54 #5082BB #BB50B7

split-complementary

#BB8950 #50B7BB #5450BB

monochromatic

#684A28 #946A3A #BB8950 #CCA77C #DDC4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BB8950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8950

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8950	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.096 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab82',
    500: '#bb8950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8950;
$custom-light: #d2ab82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.963,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66688,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8950

secondary

#9CB2CB

accent

#90D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8950

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

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