#BB8971#BB8971

#BB8971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.071 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8971
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 113)
HSL	hsl(19, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 15.94, 20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 25.87, 51.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.0484 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.071 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4210, 29.6504, 19.6350)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8971 #71A3BB

analogous

#BB717E #BB8971 #BBAE71

triadic

#BB8971 #71BB89 #8971BB

tetradic

#BB8971 #7EBB71 #71A3BB #AE71BB

square

#BB8971 #7EBB71 #71A3BB #AE71BB

split-complementary

#BB8971 #71BBAE #717EBB

monochromatic

#784E3A #A1694D #BB8971 #CFAB9A #E3CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BB8971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8971

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8971	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.071 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9a',
    500: '#bb8971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8971;
$custom-light: #d1ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.459,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67281,
    "c": 0.07052,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8971

secondary

#B5C9D2

accent

#A7CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8971

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

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