#BB8961#BB8961

#BB8961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.082 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8961
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 14.20, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 32.19, 63.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.0418 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.082 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5983, 29.3213, 15.3022)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8961 #6193BB

analogous

#BB6166 #BB8961 #BBB661

triadic

#BB8961 #61BB89 #8961BB

tetradic

#BB8961 #66BB61 #6193BB #B661BB

square

#BB8961 #66BB61 #6193BB #B661BB

split-complementary

#BB8961 #61BBB6 #6166BB

monochromatic

#714D31 #9C6A43 #BB8961 #CDA98C #E0C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BB8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8961

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8961	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)

#988D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.082 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab8e',
    500: '#bb8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8961;
$custom-light: #d2ab8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66964,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8961

secondary

#A9BECF

accent

#9BD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8961

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

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