#BB8231#BB8231

#BB8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8231
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 14.55, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 52.60, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0364 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.118 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.0326, 26.7543, 6.5402)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8231 #316ABB

analogous

#BB3D31 #BB8231 #AFBB31

triadic

#BB8231 #31BB82 #8231BB

tetradic

#BB8231 #31BB3D #316ABB #BB31AF

square

#BB8231 #31BB3D #316ABB #BB31AF

split-complementary

#BB8231 #31AFBB #3D31BB

monochromatic

#5A3F18 #8B6024 #BB8231 #D39F56 #E0BB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BB8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8231

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8231	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)

#968526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a66e',
    500: '#bb8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8231;
$custom-light: #d4a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64971,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.26752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8231

secondary

#7F9DC9

accent

#86E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8231

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

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