#BB8A53#BB8A53

#BB8A53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.094 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A53
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 12.36, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 38.53, 71.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0347 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.094 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1450, 29.3685, 12.2102)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A53 #5384BB

analogous

#BB5653 #BB8A53 #B8BB53

triadic

#BB8A53 #53BB8A #8A53BB

tetradic

#BB8A53 #53BB56 #5384BB #BB53B8

square

#BB8A53 #53BB56 #5384BB #BB53B8

split-complementary

#BB8A53 #53B8BB #5653BB

monochromatic

#6A4C2A #966B3B #BB8A53 #CCA87F #DEC6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BB8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A53

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A53	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)

#9B8D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.094 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac84',
    500: '#bb8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a53;
$custom-light: #d2ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.731,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66928,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A53

secondary

#9EB4CB

accent

#90D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A53

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

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