#BB8A70#BB8A70

#BB8A70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.071 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A70
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 112)
HSL	hsl(21, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 15.27, 21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 26.16, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0463 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.071 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5078, 29.9136, 19.3878)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A70 #70A1BB

analogous

#BB707B #BB8A70 #BBAF70

triadic

#BB8A70 #70BB8A #8A70BB

tetradic

#BB8A70 #7BBB70 #70A1BB #AF70BB

square

#BB8A70 #7BBB70 #70A1BB #AF70BB

split-complementary

#BB8A70 #70BBAF #707BBB

monochromatic

#784F39 #A16A4D #BB8A70 #CFAC99 #E2CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB8A70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A70

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A70	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)

#978F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.071 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac99',
    500: '#bb8a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a70;
$custom-light: #d1ac99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.8,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67452,
    "c": 0.07066,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A70

secondary

#B5C8D2

accent

#A5CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A70

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

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