#BB8951#BB8951

#BB8951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.095 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8951
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 12.75, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 39.33, 71.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0355 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.095 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9261, 29.0524, 11.7618)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8951 #5183BB

analogous

#BB5451 #BB8951 #B8BB51

triadic

#BB8951 #51BB89 #8951BB

tetradic

#BB8951 #51BB54 #5183BB #BB51B8

square

#BB8951 #51BB54 #5183BB #BB51B8

split-complementary

#BB8951 #51B8BB #5451BB

monochromatic

#694B29 #956A3A #BB8951 #CCA77D #DDC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BB8951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8951

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8951	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9A8C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.095 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab83',
    500: '#bb8951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8951;
$custom-light: #d2ab83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.698,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66703,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8951

secondary

#9DB3CB

accent

#90D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8951

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

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