#BB8972#BB8972

#BB8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.070 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8972
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(19, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 16.06, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 25.52, 51.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0488 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.07 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4776, 29.6730, 19.9332)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8972 #72A4BB

analogous

#BB7280 #BB8972 #BBAE72

triadic

#BB8972 #72BB89 #8972BB

tetradic

#BB8972 #80BB72 #72A4BB #AE72BB

square

#BB8972 #80BB72 #72A4BB #AE72BB

split-complementary

#BB8972 #72BBAE #7280BB

monochromatic

#784E3A #A2684E #BB8972 #CFAC9B #E3CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BB8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8972

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8972	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)

#968E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.070 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9a',
    500: '#bb8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8972;
$custom-light: #d1ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.904,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67303,
    "c": 0.0699,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8972

secondary

#B6CAD3

accent

#A8CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8972

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

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