#BB8A65#BB8A65

#BB8A65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.079 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A65
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(26, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 14.06, 27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 30.52, 62.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0418 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.079 58)
XYZ	xyz(31.9323, 29.6834, 16.3570)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A65 #6596BB

analogous

#BB656B #BB8A65 #BBB565

triadic

#BB8A65 #65BB8A #8A65BB

tetradic

#BB8A65 #6BBB65 #6596BB #B565BB

square

#BB8A65 #6BBB65 #6596BB #B565BB

split-complementary

#BB8A65 #65BBB5 #656BBB

monochromatic

#734E33 #9D6B45 #BB8A65 #CEAA8F #E0CBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BB8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A65

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A65	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.079 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac91',
    500: '#bb8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a65;
$custom-light: #d1ac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.814,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67231,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.29681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A65

secondary

#ACC0D0

accent

#9CCF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A65

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

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