#BB8B53#BB8B53

#BB8B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.094 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B53
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 11.81, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 38.65, 72.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.033 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.094 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2891, 29.6567, 12.2583)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B53 #5383BB

analogous

#BB5753 #BB8B53 #B7BB53

triadic

#BB8B53 #53BB8B #8B53BB

tetradic

#BB8B53 #53BB57 #5383BB #BB53B7

square

#BB8B53 #53BB57 #5383BB #BB53B7

split-complementary

#BB8B53 #53B7BB #5753BB

monochromatic

#6A4C2A #966C3B #BB8B53 #CCA97F #DEC6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BB8B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B53

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B53	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.094 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac84',
    500: '#bb8b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b53;
$custom-light: #d2ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67124,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B53

secondary

#9EB3CB

accent

#8FD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B53

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

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