#BB8A60#BB8A60

#BB8A60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.083 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A60
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(28, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 13.55, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 32.68, 65.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.0398 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.083 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6948, 29.5884, 15.1058)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A60 #6091BB

analogous

#BB6063 #BB8A60 #BBB760

triadic

#BB8A60 #60BB8A #8A60BB

tetradic

#BB8A60 #63BB60 #6091BB #B760BB

square

#BB8A60 #63BB60 #6091BB #B760BB

split-complementary

#BB8A60 #60BBB7 #6063BB

monochromatic

#704E30 #9B6B42 #BB8A60 #CDAA8B #E0C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BB8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A60

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A60	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.083 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac8d',
    500: '#bb8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a60;
$custom-light: #d2ac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6714,
    "c": 0.0828,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A60

secondary

#A8BDCE

accent

#99D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A60

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

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