#BB8235#BB8235

#BB8235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.116 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB8235
RGBrgb(187, 130, 53)
HSLhsl(34, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(34, 72%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.78, 14.75, 48.79)
CIE-LCHlch(58.78, 50.97, 73.18°)
OKLaboklab(65.01% 0.0375 0.1093)
OKLCHoklch(65.01% 0.116 71.1)
XYZxyz(29.1208, 26.7896, 7.0047)
Luminance0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB8235 #356EBB
analogous
#BB3F35 #BB8235 #B1BB35
triadic
#BB8235 #35BB82 #8235BB
tetradic
#BB8235 #35BB3F #356EBB #BB35B1
square
#BB8235 #35BB3F #356EBB #BB35B1
split-complementary
#BB8235 #35B1BB #3F35BB
monochromatic
#5C401A #8B6127 #BB8235 #D19F5C #DEBB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30
#BB8235 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36
#BB8235 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8235
6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB8235#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB82351.003.306.366.36
#FFFFFF3.301.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3621.001.001.00
##0000006.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96852C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39337
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB7472
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.116 71.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a670',
    500: '#bb8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb8235;
$custom-light: #d4a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.478,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65007,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB8235
secondary
#83A1C9
accent
#89DF49
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EC
border
#D4CEC7
text
#150F08
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BB8235 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva