#BB8E53#BB8E53

#BB8E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.094 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E53
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 10.15, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 39.07, 74.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.0281 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.094 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7295, 30.5374, 12.4051)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E53 #5380BB

analogous

#BB5A53 #BB8E53 #B4BB53

triadic

#BB8E53 #53BB8E #8E53BB

tetradic

#BB8E53 #53BB5A #5380BB #BB53B4

square

#BB8E53 #53BB5A #5380BB #BB53B4

split-complementary

#BB8E53 #53B4BB #5A53BB

monochromatic

#6A4E2A #966E3B #BB8E53 #CCAB7F #DEC8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB8E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BB8E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E53

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E53	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.094 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2af85',
    500: '#bb8e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e53;
$custom-light: #d2af85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.038,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67717,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E53

secondary

#9EB2CB

accent

#8BD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E53

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

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