#BB8A79#BB8A79

#BB8A79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.065 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A79
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(15, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 16.37, 16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 23.19, 45.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.05 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.065 40)
XYZ	xyz(33.0342, 30.1242, 22.1600)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A79 #79AABB

analogous

#BB7989 #BB8A79 #BBAB79

triadic

#BB8A79 #79BB8A #8A79BB

tetradic

#BB8A79 #89BB79 #79AABB #AB79BB

square

#BB8A79 #89BB79 #79AABB #AB79BB

split-complementary

#BB8A79 #79BBAB #7989BB

monochromatic

#7B4E3E #A46853 #BB8A79 #D0ADA2 #E4D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BB8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A79

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A79	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)

#968F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.065 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ac9f',
    500: '#bb8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a79;
$custom-light: #d1ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.455,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67652,
    "c": 0.06526,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.30122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A79

secondary

#BBCED5

accent

#8EAB3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A79

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

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