#BB8A6D#BB8A6D

#BB8A6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.073 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A6D
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 109)
HSL	hsl(22, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(22, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 14.93, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 27.29, 56.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0451 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.073 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3436, 29.8479, 18.5227)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A6D #6D9EBB

analogous

#BB6D77 #BB8A6D #BBB16D

triadic

#BB8A6D #6DBB8A #8A6DBB

tetradic

#BB8A6D #77BB6D #6D9EBB #B16DBB

square

#BB8A6D #77BB6D #6D9EBB #B16DBB

split-complementary

#BB8A6D #6DBBB1 #6D77BB

monochromatic

#764F37 #A06A4B #BB8A6D #CEAB97 #E2CDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8A6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A6D

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A6D	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.073 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac97',
    500: '#bb8a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a6d;
$custom-light: #d1ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.308,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67389,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A6D

secondary

#B2C6D1

accent

#A2CC5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A6D

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

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