#BB8238#BB8238

#BB8238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8238
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 14.91, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 49.72, 72.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0384 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.114 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1920, 26.8180, 7.3796)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8238 #3871BB

analogous

#BB4138 #BB8238 #B2BB38

triadic

#BB8238 #38BB82 #8238BB

tetradic

#BB8238 #38BB41 #3871BB #BB38B2

square

#BB8238 #38BB41 #3871BB #BB38B2

split-complementary

#BB8238 #38B2BB #4138BB

monochromatic

#5D411C #8C612A #BB8238 #D09F61 #DEBC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BB8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BB8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8238

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8238	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)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a672',
    500: '#bb8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8238;
$custom-light: #d4a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.893,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65036,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8238

secondary

#86A3C8

accent

#8ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8238

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

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