#BB8A57#BB8A57

#BB8A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.090 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A57
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 12.70, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 36.70, 69.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0362 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.09 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3039, 29.4320, 13.0472)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A57 #5788BB

analogous

#BB5857 #BB8A57 #BABB57

triadic

#BB8A57 #57BB8A #8A57BB

tetradic

#BB8A57 #57BB58 #5788BB #BB57BA

square

#BB8A57 #57BB58 #5788BB #BB57BA

split-complementary

#BB8A57 #57BABB #5857BB

monochromatic

#6C4C2C #976B3D #BB8A57 #CDA883 #DEC7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A57

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A57	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.090 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac87',
    500: '#bb8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a57;
$custom-light: #d2ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6699,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A57

secondary

#A2B6CC

accent

#93D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A57

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

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