#BB8A6E#BB8A6E

#BB8A6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.072 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A6E
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(22, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(22, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 15.04, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 26.90, 56.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0455 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.072 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3977, 29.8696, 18.8078)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A6E #6E9FBB

analogous

#BB6E78 #BB8A6E #BBB06E

triadic

#BB8A6E #6EBB8A #8A6EBB

tetradic

#BB8A6E #78BB6E #6E9FBB #B06EBB

square

#BB8A6E #78BB6E #6E9FBB #B06EBB

split-complementary

#BB8A6E #6EBBB0 #6E78BB

monochromatic

#774F38 #A16A4B #BB8A6E #CFAC98 #E2CDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A6E

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A6E	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)

#978E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.072 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac97',
    500: '#bb8a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a6e;
$custom-light: #d1ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6741,
    "c": 0.07203,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A6E

secondary

#B3C7D2

accent

#A3CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A6E

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

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