#BB8D5D#BB8D5D

#BB8D5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.085 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D5D
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 93)
HSL	hsl(31, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(31, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, 11.60, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 34.29, 70.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0336 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.085 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9957, 30.4069, 14.5377)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D5D #5D8BBB

analogous

#BB5E5D #BB8D5D #BABB5D

triadic

#BB8D5D #5DBB8D #8D5DBB

tetradic

#BB8D5D #5DBB5E #5D8BBB #BB5DBA

square

#BB8D5D #5DBB5E #5D8BBB #BB5DBA

split-complementary

#BB8D5D #5DBABB #5E5DBB

monochromatic

#6F4F2F #9A6E41 #BB8D5D #CDAB88 #DFCAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BB8D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D5D

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D5D	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.085 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae8b',
    500: '#bb8d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d5d;
$custom-light: #d2ae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.638,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67676,
    "c": 0.08513,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D5D

secondary

#A6B9CE

accent

#93D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D5D

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

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