#BB8A74#BB8A74

#BB8A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.068 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A74
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(19, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 15.75, 19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 24.76, 50.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.048 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.068 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7355, 30.0047, 20.5869)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A74 #74A5BB

analogous

#BB7481 #BB8A74 #BBAE74

triadic

#BB8A74 #74BB8A #8A74BB

tetradic

#BB8A74 #81BB74 #74A5BB #AE74BB

square

#BB8A74 #81BB74 #74A5BB #AE74BB

split-complementary

#BB8A74 #74BBAE #7481BB

monochromatic

#794F3B #A2694F #BB8A74 #CFAD9D #E3CFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A74

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A74	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)

#978F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.068 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac9c',
    500: '#bb8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a74;
$custom-light: #d1ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.592,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67539,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A74

secondary

#B8CBD3

accent

#A9CA5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A74

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

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