#BB8A73#BB8A73

#BB8A73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.069 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A73
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(19, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 15.63, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 25.10, 51.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0475 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.069 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6776, 29.9815, 20.2822)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A73 #73A4BB

analogous

#BB7380 #BB8A73 #BBAE73

triadic

#BB8A73 #73BB8A #8A73BB

tetradic

#BB8A73 #80BB73 #73A4BB #AE73BB

square

#BB8A73 #80BB73 #73A4BB #AE73BB

split-complementary

#BB8A73 #73BBAE #7380BB

monochromatic

#794F3B #A2694F #BB8A73 #CFAC9C #E3CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A73

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A73	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.069 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac9b',
    500: '#bb8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a73;
$custom-light: #d1ac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.167,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67517,
    "c": 0.0687,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A73

secondary

#B7CAD3

accent

#A8CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A73

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

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