#BB8B59#BB8B59

#BB8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.089 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B59
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 12.33, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 35.90, 69.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0353 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.089 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5309, 29.7534, 13.5315)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B59 #5989BB

analogous

#BB5A59 #BB8B59 #BABB59

triadic

#BB8B59 #59BB8B #8B59BB

tetradic

#BB8B59 #59BB5A #5989BB #BB59BA

square

#BB8B59 #59BB5A #5989BB #BB59BA

split-complementary

#BB8B59 #59BABB #5A59BB

monochromatic

#6D4D2D #986C3E #BB8B59 #CDA984 #DFC8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BB8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B59

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B59	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.089 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac89',
    500: '#bb8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b59;
$custom-light: #d2ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.612,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67217,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B59

secondary

#A3B7CD

accent

#93D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B59

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

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