#BB8F79#BB8F79

#BB8F79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.062 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F79
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(20, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 13.59, 18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 22.67, 53.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0418 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.062 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7681, 31.5920, 22.4047)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F79 #79A5BB

analogous

#BB7984 #BB8F79 #BBB079

triadic

#BB8F79 #79BB8F #8F79BB

tetradic

#BB8F79 #84BB79 #79A5BB #B079BB

square

#BB8F79 #84BB79 #79A5BB #B079BB

split-complementary

#BB8F79 #79BBB0 #7984BB

monochromatic

#7B533E #A46E53 #BB8F79 #D0B1A2 #E4D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB8F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BB8F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F79

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F79	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.062 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1af9f',
    500: '#bb8f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f79;
$custom-light: #d1af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68618,
    "c": 0.06222,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F79

secondary

#BBCCD5

accent

#86AB3A

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F79

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

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