#BB8232#BB8232

#BB8232 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8232
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 14.60, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 52.20, 73.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0366 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.117 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0539, 26.7628, 6.6526)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8232 #326BBB

analogous

#BB3D32 #BB8232 #B0BB32

triadic

#BB8232 #32BB82 #8232BB

tetradic

#BB8232 #32BB3D #326BBB #BB32B0

square

#BB8232 #32BB3D #326BBB #BB32B0

split-complementary

#BB8232 #32B0BB #3D32BB

monochromatic

#5A3F18 #8B6025 #BB8232 #D29F58 #DFBB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BB8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8232

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8232	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)

#968528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a66f',
    500: '#bb8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8232;
$custom-light: #d4a66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6498,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8232

secondary

#809EC9

accent

#87E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8232

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

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