#BB8A75#BB8A75

#BB8A75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.067 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A75
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 117)
HSL	hsl(18, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, 15.87, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 24.42, 49.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0484 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.067 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7940, 30.0281, 20.8949)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A75 #75A6BB

analogous

#BB7583 #BB8A75 #BBAD75

triadic

#BB8A75 #75BB8A #8A75BB

tetradic

#BB8A75 #83BB75 #75A6BB #AD75BB

square

#BB8A75 #83BB75 #75A6BB #AD75BB

split-complementary

#BB8A75 #75BBAD #7583BB

monochromatic

#7A4E3C #A36950 #BB8A75 #CFAD9E #E3D0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BB8A75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A75

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A75	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.067 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac9c',
    500: '#bb8a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a75;
$custom-light: #d1ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67561,
    "c": 0.06749,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A75

secondary

#B8CBD3

accent

#AACA5E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A75

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

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