#BB8A63#BB8A63

#BB8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.080 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A63
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(27, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 13.85, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 31.37, 63.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.041 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.08 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8355, 29.6447, 15.8472)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A63 #6394BB

analogous

#BB6368 #BB8A63 #BBB663

triadic

#BB8A63 #63BB8A #8A63BB

tetradic

#BB8A63 #68BB63 #6394BB #B663BB

square

#BB8A63 #68BB63 #6394BB #B663BB

split-complementary

#BB8A63 #63BBB6 #6368BB

monochromatic

#724E32 #9D6B44 #BB8A63 #CEAA8E #E0CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BB8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A63

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A63	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.080 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac90',
    500: '#bb8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a63;
$custom-light: #d2ac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.591,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67194,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A63

secondary

#ABBFCF

accent

#9BCF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A63

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

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