#BB8A56#BB8A56

#BB8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.091 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A56
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 12.62, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 37.16, 70.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.0358 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.091 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2633, 29.4158, 12.8335)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A56 #5687BB

analogous

#BB5756 #BB8A56 #B9BB56

triadic

#BB8A56 #56BB8A #8A56BB

tetradic

#BB8A56 #56BB57 #5687BB #BB56B9

square

#BB8A56 #56BB57 #5687BB #BB56B9

split-complementary

#BB8A56 #56B9BB #5756BB

monochromatic

#6B4C2B #976B3D #BB8A56 #CDA882 #DEC6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A56

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A56	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)

#9A8D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.091 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac86',
    500: '#bb8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a56;
$custom-light: #d2ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.891,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66974,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A56

secondary

#A1B6CC

accent

#92D255

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A56

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

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