#BB8D78#BB8D78

#BB8D78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.064 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D78
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 120)
HSL	hsl(19, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(19, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 14.57, 17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 23.15, 50.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0447 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.064 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4096, 30.9725, 21.9842)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D78 #78A6BB

analogous

#BB7884 #BB8D78 #BBAE78

triadic

#BB8D78 #78BB8D #8D78BB

tetradic

#BB8D78 #84BB78 #78A6BB #AE78BB

square

#BB8D78 #84BB78 #78A6BB #AE78BB

split-complementary

#BB8D78 #78BBAE #7884BB

monochromatic

#7B513E #A36C52 #BB8D78 #D0AFA1 #E4D2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB8D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BB8D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D78

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D78	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.064 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ae9f',
    500: '#bb8d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d78;
$custom-light: #d1ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.806,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68207,
    "c": 0.06391,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D78

secondary

#BBCCD4

accent

#88AC3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D78

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

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