#BB8331#BB8331

#BB8331 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.118 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8331
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 14.00, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 52.69, 74.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0347 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.118 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1663, 27.0216, 6.5847)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8331 #3169BB

analogous

#BB3E31 #BB8331 #AEBB31

triadic

#BB8331 #31BB83 #8331BB

tetradic

#BB8331 #31BB3E #3169BB #BB31AE

square

#BB8331 #31BB3E #3169BB #BB31AE

split-complementary

#BB8331 #31AEBB #3E31BB

monochromatic

#5A3F18 #8B6124 #BB8331 #D3A056 #E0BC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BB8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BB8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8331

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8331	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.118 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a76e',
    500: '#bb8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8331;
$custom-light: #d4a76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65164,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8331

secondary

#7F9DC9

accent

#85E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8331

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

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