#BB8233#BB8233

#BB8233 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8233
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 14.65, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 51.79, 73.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0369 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.117 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0758, 26.7715, 6.7674)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8233 #336CBB

analogous

#BB3E33 #BB8233 #B0BB33

triadic

#BB8233 #33BB82 #8233BB

tetradic

#BB8233 #33BB3E #336CBB #BB33B0

square

#BB8233 #33BB3E #336CBB #BB33B0

split-complementary

#BB8233 #33B0BB #3E33BB

monochromatic

#5B3F19 #8B6126 #BB8233 #D29F59 #DFBB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB8233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BB8233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8233

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8233	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)

#968529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a66f',
    500: '#bb8233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8233;
$custom-light: #d4a66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.853,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64988,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8233

secondary

#819FC9

accent

#88E047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8233

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

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