#BB8A6C#BB8A6C

#BB8A6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.073 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A6C
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 108)
HSL	hsl(23, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(23, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 42.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 14.81, 23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 27.67, 57.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0447 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.073 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2900, 29.8265, 18.2408)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A6C #6C9DBB

analogous

#BB6C75 #BB8A6C #BBB16C

triadic

#BB8A6C #6CBB8A #8A6CBB

tetradic

#BB8A6C #75BB6C #6C9DBB #B16CBB

square

#BB8A6C #75BB6C #6C9DBB #B16CBB

split-complementary

#BB8A6C #6CBBB1 #6C75BB

monochromatic

#764F37 #A06B4A #BB8A6C #CEAB96 #E2CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BB8A6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A6C

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A6C	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)

#988E6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.073 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac96',
    500: '#bb8a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a6c;
$custom-light: #d1ac96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.785,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67369,
    "c": 0.07347,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A6C

secondary

#B2C5D1

accent

#A2CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A6C

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

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