#BB8D79#BB8D79

#BB8D79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.063 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D79
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 14.70, 17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 22.82, 49.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0451 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.063 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4706, 30.9969, 22.3055)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D79 #79A7BB

analogous

#BB7986 #BB8D79 #BBAE79

triadic

#BB8D79 #79BB8D #8D79BB

tetradic

#BB8D79 #86BB79 #79A7BB #AE79BB

square

#BB8D79 #86BB79 #79A7BB #AE79BB

split-complementary

#BB8D79 #79BBAE #7986BB

monochromatic

#7B513E #A46C53 #BB8D79 #D0B0A2 #E4D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BB8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D79

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D79	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.063 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ae9f',
    500: '#bb8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d79;
$custom-light: #d1ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6823,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D79

secondary

#BBCDD5

accent

#89AB3A

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D79

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

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