#BB8A66#BB8A66

#BB8A66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.078 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A66
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 102)
HSL	hsl(25, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 14.16, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 30.10, 61.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0422 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.078 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9816, 29.7031, 16.6166)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A66 #6697BB

analogous

#BB666D #BB8A66 #BBB566

triadic

#BB8A66 #66BB8A #8A66BB

tetradic

#BB8A66 #6DBB66 #6697BB #B566BB

square

#BB8A66 #6DBB66 #6697BB #B566BB

split-complementary

#BB8A66 #66BBB5 #666DBB

monochromatic

#734E33 #9E6B46 #BB8A66 #CEAA90 #E1CBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BB8A66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A66

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A66	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)

#988E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.078 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac92',
    500: '#bb8a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a66;
$custom-light: #d1ac92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.412,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6725,
    "c": 0.07799,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A66

secondary

#ADC1D0

accent

#9DCE59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A66

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

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