#BB8A5B#BB8A5B

#BB8A5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.087 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A5B
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(29, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 13.07, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 34.90, 68.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0378 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.087 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4719, 29.4992, 13.9318)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A5B #5B8CBB

analogous

#BB5B5C #BB8A5B #BBBA5B

triadic

#BB8A5B #5BBB8A #8A5BBB

tetradic

#BB8A5B #5CBB5B #5B8CBB #BA5BBB

square

#BB8A5B #5CBB5B #5B8CBB #BA5BBB

split-complementary

#BB8A5B #5BBBBA #5B5CBB

monochromatic

#6E4D2E #996B40 #BB8A5B #CDA986 #DFC8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BB8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A5B

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A5B	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.087 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac8a',
    500: '#bb8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a5b;
$custom-light: #d2ac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.375,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67054,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A5B

secondary

#A5B9CD

accent

#95D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A5B

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

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