#BB8D55#BB8D55

#BB8D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.092 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D55
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 10.87, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 37.99, 73.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0305 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.092 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6597, 30.2725, 12.7682)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D55 #5583BB

analogous

#BB5A55 #BB8D55 #B6BB55

triadic

#BB8D55 #55BB8D #8D55BB

tetradic

#BB8D55 #55BB5A #5583BB #BB55B6

square

#BB8D55 #55BB5A #5583BB #BB55B6

split-complementary

#BB8D55 #55B6BB #5A55BB

monochromatic

#6B4E2B #976E3C #BB8D55 #CCAA81 #DEC8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BB8D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D55

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D55	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)

#9D8F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.092 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae86',
    500: '#bb8d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d55;
$custom-light: #d2ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.941,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.09207,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D55

secondary

#A0B4CC

accent

#8ED355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D55

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

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