#BB8240#BB8240

#BB8240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8240
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 15.38, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 46.29, 70.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.041 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.108 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4035, 26.9027, 8.4936)
Luminance	0.2690 (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

#BB8240 #4079BB

analogous

#BB4540 #BB8240 #B7BB40

triadic

#BB8240 #40BB82 #8240BB

tetradic

#BB8240 #40BB45 #4079BB #BB40B7

square

#BB8240 #40BB45 #4079BB #BB40B7

split-complementary

#BB8240 #40B7BB #4540BB

monochromatic

#604321 #8D6230 #BB8240 #CDA06C #DCBD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BB8240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BB8240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8240

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8240	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a677',
    500: '#bb8240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8240;
$custom-light: #d3a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65122,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8240

secondary

#8FA9C8

accent

#8FD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8240

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

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