#BB8A51#BB8A51

#BB8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A51
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 12.19, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 39.45, 72.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0339 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.095 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0689, 29.3380, 11.8094)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A51 #5182BB

analogous

#BB5551 #BB8A51 #B7BB51

triadic

#BB8A51 #51BB8A #8A51BB

tetradic

#BB8A51 #51BB55 #5182BB #BB51B7

square

#BB8A51 #51BB55 #5182BB #BB51B7

split-complementary

#BB8A51 #51B7BB #5551BB

monochromatic

#694B29 #956B3A #BB8A51 #CCA87D #DDC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BB8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A51

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A51	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac83',
    500: '#bb8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a51;
$custom-light: #d2ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66899,
    "c": 0.09522,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A51

secondary

#9DB2CB

accent

#8FD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A51

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

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