#BB8975#BB8975

#BB8975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.068 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8975
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 117)
HSL	hsl(17, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 16.42, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 24.54, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.05 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.068 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6512, 29.7425, 20.8473)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8975 #75A7BB

analogous

#BB7584 #BB8975 #BBAC75

triadic

#BB8975 #75BB89 #8975BB

tetradic

#BB8975 #84BB75 #75A7BB #AC75BB

square

#BB8975 #84BB75 #75A7BB #AC75BB

split-complementary

#BB8975 #75BBAC #7584BB

monochromatic

#7A4E3C #A36850 #BB8975 #CFAC9E #E3CFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BB8975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8975

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8975	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.068 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9c',
    500: '#bb8975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8975;
$custom-light: #d1ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67369,
    "c": 0.06812,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8975

secondary

#B8CCD3

accent

#ABCA5E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8975

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

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