#BB8A6B#BB8A6B

#BB8A6B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.074 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A6B
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 107)
HSL	hsl(23, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(23, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 14.70, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 28.07, 58.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0442 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.074 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2371, 29.8053, 17.9621)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A6B #6B9CBB

analogous

#BB6B74 #BB8A6B #BBB26B

triadic

#BB8A6B #6BBB8A #8A6BBB

tetradic

#BB8A6B #74BB6B #6B9CBB #B26BBB

square

#BB8A6B #74BB6B #6B9CBB #B26BBB

split-complementary

#BB8A6B #6BBBB2 #6B74BB

monochromatic

#764F36 #A06B49 #BB8A6B #CEAB95 #E2CCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BB8A6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A6B

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A6B	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.074 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac95',
    500: '#bb8a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a6b;
$custom-light: #d1ac95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.25,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67348,
    "c": 0.07419,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A6B

secondary

#B1C5D1

accent

#A1CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A6B

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

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