#BB8A69#BB8A69

#BB8A69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.076 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A69
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 105)
HSL	hsl(24, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(24, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 14.48, 24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 28.87, 59.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0434 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.076 55)
XYZ	xyz(32.1331, 29.7637, 17.4144)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A69 #699ABB

analogous

#BB6971 #BB8A69 #BBB369

triadic

#BB8A69 #69BB8A #8A69BB

tetradic

#BB8A69 #71BB69 #699ABB #B369BB

square

#BB8A69 #71BB69 #699ABB #B369BB

split-complementary

#BB8A69 #69BBB3 #6971BB

monochromatic

#754F35 #9F6B48 #BB8A69 #CEAB93 #E1CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BB8A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A69

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A69	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988E67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.076 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac94',
    500: '#bb8a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a69;
$custom-light: #d1ac94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.146,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67308,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.29762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A69

secondary

#AFC3D1

accent

#9FCE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A69

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

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