#BB8A71#BB8A71

#BB8A71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.070 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A71
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 113)
HSL	hsl(20, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 15.39, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 25.80, 53.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0467 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.07 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5638, 29.9360, 19.6826)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A71 #71A2BB

analogous

#BB717D #BB8A71 #BBAF71

triadic

#BB8A71 #71BB8A #8A71BB

tetradic

#BB8A71 #7DBB71 #71A2BB #AF71BB

square

#BB8A71 #7DBB71 #71A2BB #AF71BB

split-complementary

#BB8A71 #71BBAF #717DBB

monochromatic

#784F3A #A16A4D #BB8A71 #CFAC9A #E3CEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BB8A71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A71

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A71	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.070 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac9a',
    500: '#bb8a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a71;
$custom-light: #d1ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.27,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67473,
    "c": 0.07,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A71

secondary

#B5C9D2

accent

#A6CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A71

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

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