#BB8A62#BB8A62

#BB8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.081 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A62
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 13.75, 28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 31.81, 64.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0406 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.081 60)
XYZ	xyz(31.7880, 29.6257, 15.5970)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A62 #6293BB

analogous

#BB6266 #BB8A62 #BBB662

triadic

#BB8A62 #62BB8A #8A62BB

tetradic

#BB8A62 #66BB62 #6293BB #B662BB

square

#BB8A62 #66BB62 #6293BB #B662BB

split-complementary

#BB8A62 #62BBB6 #6266BB

monochromatic

#714E31 #9C6B44 #BB8A62 #CDAA8D #E0CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BB8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A62

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A62	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)

#998E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.081 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac8f',
    500: '#bb8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a62;
$custom-light: #d2ac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.966,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67176,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A62

secondary

#AABECF

accent

#9ACF58

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A62

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

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