#BB8D56#BB8D56

#BB8D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.091 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D56
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 10.96, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 37.52, 73.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0309 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.091 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6997, 30.2886, 12.9789)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D56 #5684BB

analogous

#BB5A56 #BB8D56 #B6BB56

triadic

#BB8D56 #56BB8D #8D56BB

tetradic

#BB8D56 #56BB5A #5684BB #BB56B6

square

#BB8D56 #56BB5A #5684BB #BB56B6

split-complementary

#BB8D56 #56B6BB #5A56BB

monochromatic

#6B4E2B #976E3D #BB8D56 #CDAA82 #DEC8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BB8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D56

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D56	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.091 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae87',
    500: '#bb8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d56;
$custom-light: #d2ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.673,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67564,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D56

secondary

#A1B4CC

accent

#8ED255

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D56

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

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