#BB8D73#BB8D73

#BB8D73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.067 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D73
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 115)
HSL	hsl(22, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 13.96, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 24.93, 55.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0426 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.067 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1140, 30.8543, 20.4276)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D73 #73A1BB

analogous

#BB737D #BB8D73 #BBB173

triadic

#BB8D73 #73BB8D #8D73BB

tetradic

#BB8D73 #7DBB73 #73A1BB #B173BB

square

#BB8D73 #7DBB73 #73A1BB #B173BB

split-complementary

#BB8D73 #73BBB1 #737DBB

monochromatic

#79513B #A26D4F #BB8D73 #CFAF9C #E3D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB8D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BB8D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D73

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D73	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)

#9A9171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.067 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ae9b',
    500: '#bb8d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d73;
$custom-light: #d1ae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68097,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D73

secondary

#B7C9D3

accent

#A3CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D73

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

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