#BB8A78#BB8A78

#BB8A78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.066 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A78
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(16, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(16, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 16.24, 16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 23.48, 46.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0496 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.066 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9732, 30.0998, 21.8387)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A78 #78A9BB

analogous

#BB7888 #BB8A78 #BBAB78

triadic

#BB8A78 #78BB8A #8A78BB

tetradic

#BB8A78 #88BB78 #78A9BB #AB78BB

square

#BB8A78 #88BB78 #78A9BB #AB78BB

split-complementary

#BB8A78 #78BBAB #7888BB

monochromatic

#7B4E3E #A36852 #BB8A78 #D0ADA1 #E4D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BB8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A78

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A78	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.066 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac9f',
    500: '#bb8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a78;
$custom-light: #d1ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67629,
    "c": 0.06579,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A78

secondary

#BBCDD4

accent

#8DAC3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A78

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

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