#BB8D53#BB8D53

#BB8D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.094 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D53
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 10.70, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 38.92, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0297 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.094 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5814, 30.2412, 12.3557)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D53 #5381BB

analogous

#BB5953 #BB8D53 #B5BB53

triadic

#BB8D53 #53BB8D #8D53BB

tetradic

#BB8D53 #53BB59 #5381BB #BB53B5

square

#BB8D53 #53BB59 #5381BB #BB53B5

split-complementary

#BB8D53 #53B5BB #5953BB

monochromatic

#6A4D2A #966E3B #BB8D53 #CCAA7F #DEC7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BB8D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D53

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D53	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.094 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae85',
    500: '#bb8d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d53;
$custom-light: #d2ae85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.462,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67519,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D53

secondary

#9EB2CB

accent

#8DD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D53

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

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