#BB8E59#BB8E59

#BB8E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.089 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E59
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 10.67, 34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 36.26, 72.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0304 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.089 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9712, 30.6341, 13.6783)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E59 #5986BB

analogous

#BB5D59 #BB8E59 #B7BB59

triadic

#BB8E59 #59BB8E #8E59BB

tetradic

#BB8E59 #59BB5D #5986BB #BB59B7

square

#BB8E59 #59BB5D #5986BB #BB59B7

split-complementary

#BB8E59 #59B7BB #5D59BB

monochromatic

#6D4F2D #986F3E #BB8E59 #CDAC84 #DFC9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB8E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BB8E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E59

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E59	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.089 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2af89',
    500: '#bb8e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e59;
$custom-light: #d2af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.449,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67808,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E59

secondary

#A3B6CD

accent

#8FD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E59

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

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