#BB8F53#BB8F53

#BB8F53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.094 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F53
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 83)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 9.60, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 39.23, 75.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0265 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.094 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8789, 30.8363, 12.4549)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F53 #537FBB

analogous

#BB5B53 #BB8F53 #B3BB53

triadic

#BB8F53 #53BB8F #8F53BB

tetradic

#BB8F53 #53BB5B #537FBB #BB53B3

square

#BB8F53 #53BB5B #537FBB #BB53B3

split-complementary

#BB8F53 #53B3BB #5B53BB

monochromatic

#6A4F2A #966F3B #BB8F53 #CCAC7F #DEC8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB8F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BB8F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F53

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F53	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F914E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.094 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2af85',
    500: '#bb8f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f53;
$custom-light: #d2af85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F53

secondary

#9EB1CB

accent

#8AD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F53

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

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