#BB8A50#BB8A50

#BB8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.096 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A50
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 12.11, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 39.91, 72.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0335 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.096 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0317, 29.3231, 11.6134)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A50 #5081BB

analogous

#BB5450 #BB8A50 #B7BB50

triadic

#BB8A50 #50BB8A #8A50BB

tetradic

#BB8A50 #50BB54 #5081BB #BB50B7

square

#BB8A50 #50BB54 #5081BB #BB50B7

split-complementary

#BB8A50 #50B7BB #5450BB

monochromatic

#684B28 #946B3A #BB8A50 #CCA77C #DDC5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BB8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A50

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A50	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.096 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac82',
    500: '#bb8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a50;
$custom-light: #d2ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.523,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66884,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A50

secondary

#9CB1CB

accent

#8FD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A50

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

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