#BB8038#BB8038

#BB8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.114 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8038
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, 16.02, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 49.57, 71.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.0417 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.114 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9285, 26.2912, 7.2917)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8038 #3873BB

analogous

#BB3F38 #BB8038 #B4BB38

triadic

#BB8038 #38BB80 #8038BB

tetradic

#BB8038 #38BB3F #3873BB #BB38B4

square

#BB8038 #38BB3F #3873BB #BB38B4

split-complementary

#BB8038 #38B4BB #3F38BB

monochromatic

#5D401C #8C602A #BB8038 #D09E61 #DEBB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#BB8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#BB8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8038

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8038	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.114 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a472',
    500: '#bb8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8038;
$custom-light: #d4a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.977,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64652,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8038

secondary

#86A4C8

accent

#8DDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8038

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

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