#BB8D72#BB8D72

#BB8D72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.068 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D72
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 13.84, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 25.31, 56.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0422 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.068 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0568, 30.8314, 20.1262)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D72 #72A0BB

analogous

#BB727C #BB8D72 #BBB272

triadic

#BB8D72 #72BB8D #8D72BB

tetradic

#BB8D72 #7CBB72 #72A0BB #B272BB

square

#BB8D72 #7CBB72 #72A0BB #B272BB

split-complementary

#BB8D72 #72BBB2 #727CBB

monochromatic

#78513A #A26D4E #BB8D72 #CFAE9B #E3D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB8D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BB8D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D72

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D72	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.068 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ae9a',
    500: '#bb8d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d72;
$custom-light: #d1ae9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.192,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68075,
    "c": 0.06796,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D72

secondary

#B6C8D3

accent

#A2CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D72

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

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