#BB8D57#BB8D57

#BB8D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.090 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D57
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 11.05, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 37.06, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0313 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.09 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7403, 30.3048, 13.1926)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D57 #5785BB

analogous

#BB5B57 #BB8D57 #B7BB57

triadic

#BB8D57 #57BB8D #8D57BB

tetradic

#BB8D57 #57BB5B #5785BB #BB57B7

square

#BB8D57 #57BB5B #5785BB #BB57B7

split-complementary

#BB8D57 #57B7BB #5B57BB

monochromatic

#6C4E2C #976E3D #BB8D57 #CDAB83 #DEC8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BB8D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D57

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D57	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#9D8F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.090 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae87',
    500: '#bb8d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d57;
$custom-light: #d2ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67579,
    "c": 0.09034,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D57

secondary

#A2B5CC

accent

#8FD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D57

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

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