#BB8D59#BB8D59

#BB8D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.089 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D59
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 11.22, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 36.13, 71.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.032 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.089 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8231, 30.3379, 13.6289)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D59 #5987BB

analogous

#BB5C59 #BB8D59 #B8BB59

triadic

#BB8D59 #59BB8D #8D59BB

tetradic

#BB8D59 #59BB5C #5987BB #BB59B8

square

#BB8D59 #59BB5C #5987BB #BB59B8

split-complementary

#BB8D59 #59B8BB #5C59BB

monochromatic

#6D4F2D #986E3E #BB8D59 #CDAB84 #DFC9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BB8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D59

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D59	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.089 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae89',
    500: '#bb8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d59;
$custom-light: #d2ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.837,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6761,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D59

secondary

#A3B7CD

accent

#90D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D59

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

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