#BB8F50#BB8F50

#BB8F50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.097 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F50
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 9.35, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 40.63, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.0254 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.097 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7656, 30.7910, 11.8580)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F50 #507CBB

analogous

#BB5950 #BB8F50 #B2BB50

triadic

#BB8F50 #50BB8F #8F50BB

tetradic

#BB8F50 #50BB59 #507CBB #BB50B2

square

#BB8F50 #50BB59 #507CBB #BB50B2

split-complementary

#BB8F50 #50B2BB #5950BB

monochromatic

#684E28 #946F3A #BB8F50 #CCAB7C #DDC7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB8F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BB8F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F50

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F50	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F904A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.097 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2af83',
    500: '#bb8f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f50;
$custom-light: #d2af83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.327,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67873,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F50

secondary

#9CAFCB

accent

#89D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F50

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

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