#BB8A6F#BB8A6F

#BB8A6F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.071 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A6F
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 111)
HSL	hsl(21, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(21, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 40.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 15.15, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 26.53, 55.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.0459 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.071 50)
XYZ	xyz(32.4524, 29.8915, 19.0962)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A6F #6FA0BB

analogous

#BB6F7A #BB8A6F #BBB06F

triadic

#BB8A6F #6FBB8A #8A6FBB

tetradic

#BB8A6F #7ABB6F #6FA0BB #B06FBB

square

#BB8A6F #7ABB6F #6FA0BB #B06FBB

split-complementary

#BB8A6F #6FBBB0 #6F7ABB

monochromatic

#774F38 #A16A4C #BB8A6F #CFAC99 #E2CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB8A6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A6F

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A6F	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.071 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac98',
    500: '#bb8a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a6f;
$custom-light: #d1ac98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.316,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67431,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.29889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A6F

secondary

#B4C7D2

accent

#A4CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A6F

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

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