#BB8958#BB8958

#BB8958 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.089 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8958
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 88)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 13.35, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 36.16, 68.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0382 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.089 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2022, 29.1629, 13.2162)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8958 #588ABB

analogous

#BB5859 #BB8958 #BBBB58

triadic

#BB8958 #58BB89 #8958BB

tetradic

#BB8958 #59BB58 #588ABB #BB58BB

square

#BB8958 #59BB58 #588ABB #BB58BB

split-complementary

#BB8958 #58BBBB #5859BB

monochromatic

#6C4C2C #986A3E #BB8958 #CDA883 #DEC6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BB8958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8958

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8958	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.089 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab88',
    500: '#bb8958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8958;
$custom-light: #d2ab88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.697,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6681,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8958

secondary

#A2B8CD

accent

#95D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8958

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

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