#BB8955#BB8955

#BB8955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8955
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 13.08, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 37.51, 69.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0371 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.092 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0805, 29.1142, 12.5752)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8955 #5587BB

analogous

#BB5655 #BB8955 #BABB55

triadic

#BB8955 #55BB89 #8955BB

tetradic

#BB8955 #55BB56 #5587BB #BB55BA

square

#BB8955 #55BB56 #5587BB #BB55BA

split-complementary

#BB8955 #55BABB #5655BB

monochromatic

#6B4B2B #976A3C #BB8955 #CCA781 #DEC6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8955

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8955	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)

#998C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab86',
    500: '#bb8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8955;
$custom-light: #d2ab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66763,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8955

secondary

#A0B5CC

accent

#93D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8955

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

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