#BB8A59#BB8A59

#BB8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.089 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A59
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 12.88, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 35.80, 68.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.037 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.089 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3867, 29.4652, 13.4835)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A59 #598ABB

analogous

#BB5959 #BB8A59 #BBBB59

triadic

#BB8A59 #59BB8A #8A59BB

tetradic

#BB8A59 #59BB59 #598ABB #BB59BB

square

#BB8A59 #59BB59 #598ABB #BB59BB

split-complementary

#BB8A59 #59BBBB #5959BB

monochromatic

#6D4D2D #986B3E #BB8A59 #CDA984 #DFC7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A59

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A59	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)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.089 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac89',
    500: '#bb8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a59;
$custom-light: #d2ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67021,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A59

secondary

#A3B8CD

accent

#94D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A59

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

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