#BB8234#BB8234

#BB8234 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.116 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8234
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 52)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, 14.70, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 51.38, 73.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0372 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.116 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0980, 26.7805, 6.8848)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8234 #346DBB

analogous

#BB3F34 #BB8234 #B0BB34

triadic

#BB8234 #34BB82 #8234BB

tetradic

#BB8234 #34BB3F #346DBB #BB34B0

square

#BB8234 #34BB3F #346DBB #BB34B0

split-complementary

#BB8234 #34B0BB #3F34BB

monochromatic

#5B3F19 #8B6127 #BB8234 #D19F5B #DFBB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BB8234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BB8234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8234

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8234	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96852A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.116 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a670',
    500: '#bb8234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8234;
$custom-light: #d4a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64998,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8234

secondary

#82A0C9

accent

#88E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8234

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

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