#BB8959#BB8959

#BB8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.089 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8959
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 13.44, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 35.71, 67.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0386 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.089 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2439, 29.1796, 13.4359)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8959 #598BBB

analogous

#BB595A #BB8959 #BBBA59

triadic

#BB8959 #59BB89 #8959BB

tetradic

#BB8959 #5ABB59 #598BBB #BA59BB

square

#BB8959 #5ABB59 #598BBB #BA59BB

split-complementary

#BB8959 #59BBBA #595ABB

monochromatic

#6D4C2D #986A3E #BB8959 #CDA884 #DFC7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8959

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8959	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.089 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab89',
    500: '#bb8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8959;
$custom-light: #d2ab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.388,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66826,
    "c": 0.08863,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8959

secondary

#A3B8CD

accent

#95D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8959

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

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