#BB8953#BB8953

#BB8953 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.094 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8953
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 83)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 12.91, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 38.42, 70.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0363 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.094 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0022, 29.0829, 12.1626)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8953 #5385BB

analogous

#BB5553 #BB8953 #B9BB53

triadic

#BB8953 #53BB89 #8953BB

tetradic

#BB8953 #53BB55 #5385BB #BB53B9

square

#BB8953 #53BB55 #5385BB #BB53B9

split-complementary

#BB8953 #53B9BB #5553BB

monochromatic

#6A4B2A #966A3B #BB8953 #CCA77F #DEC5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8953

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8953	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.094 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab84',
    500: '#bb8953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8953;
$custom-light: #d2ab84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.154,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66732,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8953

secondary

#9EB4CB

accent

#91D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8953

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

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