#BB8138#BB8138

#BB8138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8138
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 15.46, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 49.64, 71.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.04 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.114 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0596, 26.5533, 7.3354)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8138 #3872BB

analogous

#BB4038 #BB8138 #B3BB38

triadic

#BB8138 #38BB81 #8138BB

tetradic

#BB8138 #38BB40 #3872BB #BB38B3

square

#BB8138 #38BB40 #3872BB #BB38B3

split-complementary

#BB8138 #38B3BB #4038BB

monochromatic

#5D401C #8C612A #BB8138 #D09E61 #DEBB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BB8138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#BB8138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8138

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8138	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a572',
    500: '#bb8138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8138;
$custom-light: #d4a572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.435,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64844,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8138

secondary

#86A4C8

accent

#8BDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8138

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

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