#BB8B60#BB8B60

#BB8B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.083 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B60
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(28, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 12.99, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 32.75, 66.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0381 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.083 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8389, 29.8767, 15.1539)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B60 #6090BB

analogous

#BB6062 #BB8B60 #BBB960

triadic

#BB8B60 #60BB8B #8B60BB

tetradic

#BB8B60 #62BB60 #6090BB #B960BB

square

#BB8B60 #62BB60 #6090BB #B960BB

split-complementary

#BB8B60 #60BBB9 #6062BB

monochromatic

#704F30 #9B6C42 #BB8B60 #CDAA8B #E0CAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB8B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B60

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B60	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.083 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ad8d',
    500: '#bb8b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b60;
$custom-light: #d2ad8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.352,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67335,
    "c": 0.08266,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B60

secondary

#A8BCCE

accent

#97D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B60

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

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