#BB8A61#BB8A61

#BB8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.082 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A61
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 13.65, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 32.24, 64.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0402 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.082 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7411, 29.6069, 15.3498)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A61 #6192BB

analogous

#BB6165 #BB8A61 #BBB761

triadic

#BB8A61 #61BB8A #8A61BB

tetradic

#BB8A61 #65BB61 #6192BB #B761BB

square

#BB8A61 #65BB61 #6192BB #B761BB

split-complementary

#BB8A61 #61BBB7 #6165BB

monochromatic

#714E31 #9C6B43 #BB8A61 #CDAA8C #E0C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BB8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A61

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A61	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#998E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.082 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac8e',
    500: '#bb8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a61;
$custom-light: #d2ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A61

secondary

#A9BECF

accent

#99D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A61

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

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