#BB8960#BB8960

#BB8960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.083 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8960
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 96)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 14.10, 29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 32.62, 64.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0414 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.083 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5520, 29.3028, 15.0582)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8960 #6092BB

analogous

#BB6064 #BB8960 #BBB660

triadic

#BB8960 #60BB89 #8960BB

tetradic

#BB8960 #64BB60 #6092BB #B660BB

square

#BB8960 #64BB60 #6092BB #B660BB

split-complementary

#BB8960 #60BBB6 #6064BB

monochromatic

#704D30 #9B6B42 #BB8960 #CDA98B #E0C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BB8960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8960

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8960	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.083 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab8d',
    500: '#bb8960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8960;
$custom-light: #d2ab8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.033,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66946,
    "c": 0.08296,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8960

secondary

#A8BDCE

accent

#9AD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8960

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

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