#BB8965#BB8965

#BB8965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.079 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8965
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(25, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 14.61, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 30.50, 61.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0434 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.079 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7895, 29.3978, 16.3094)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8965 #6597BB

analogous

#BB656C #BB8965 #BBB465

triadic

#BB8965 #65BB89 #8965BB

tetradic

#BB8965 #6CBB65 #6597BB #B465BB

square

#BB8965 #6CBB65 #6597BB #B465BB

split-complementary

#BB8965 #65BBB4 #656CBB

monochromatic

#734E33 #9D6A45 #BB8965 #CEAA8F #E0CABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8965

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8965	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.079 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab91',
    500: '#bb8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8965;
$custom-light: #d2ab91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.116,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67038,
    "c": 0.07903,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8965

secondary

#ACC1D0

accent

#9DCF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8965

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

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