#BB8973#BB8973

#BB8973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.069 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8973
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 16.18, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 25.19, 50.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0492 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.069 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5348, 29.6959, 20.2346)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8973 #73A5BB

analogous

#BB7381 #BB8973 #BBAD73

triadic

#BB8973 #73BB89 #8973BB

tetradic

#BB8973 #81BB73 #73A5BB #AD73BB

square

#BB8973 #81BB73 #73A5BB #AD73BB

split-complementary

#BB8973 #73BBAD #7381BB

monochromatic

#794E3B #A2684F #BB8973 #CFAC9C #E3CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BB8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8973

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8973	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.069 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9b',
    500: '#bb8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8973;
$custom-light: #d1ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67325,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8973

secondary

#B7CAD3

accent

#A9CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8973

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

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