#BB8230#BB8230

#BB8230 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8230
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 48)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, 14.50, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 53.00, 74.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0361 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.119 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0117, 26.7459, 6.4303)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8230 #3069BB

analogous

#BB3D30 #BB8230 #AEBB30

triadic

#BB8230 #30BB82 #8230BB

tetradic

#BB8230 #30BB3D #3069BB #BB30AE

square

#BB8230 #30BB3D #3069BB #BB30AE

split-complementary

#BB8230 #30AEBB #3D30BB

monochromatic

#5A3E17 #8A6023 #BB8230 #D39F55 #E0BB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB8230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BB8230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8230

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8230	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a66d',
    500: '#bb8230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8230;
$custom-light: #d4a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64962,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8230

secondary

#7D9DC9

accent

#86E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8230

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

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