#BB8A55#BB8A55

#BB8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.092 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A55
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 12.53, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 37.62, 70.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.0354 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.092 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2233, 29.3998, 12.6228)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A55 #5586BB

analogous

#BB5755 #BB8A55 #B9BB55

triadic

#BB8A55 #55BB8A #8A55BB

tetradic

#BB8A55 #55BB57 #5586BB #BB55B9

square

#BB8A55 #55BB57 #5586BB #BB55B9

split-complementary

#BB8A55 #55B9BB #5755BB

monochromatic

#6B4C2B #976B3C #BB8A55 #CCA881 #DEC6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A55

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A55	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.092 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac86',
    500: '#bb8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a55;
$custom-light: #d2ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66958,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A55

secondary

#A0B5CC

accent

#91D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A55

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

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