#BB8333#BB8333

#BB8333 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.117 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8333
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 14.10, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 51.88, 74.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0353 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.117 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2094, 27.0389, 6.8120)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8333 #336BBB

analogous

#BB3F33 #BB8333 #AFBB33

triadic

#BB8333 #33BB83 #8333BB

tetradic

#BB8333 #33BB3F #336BBB #BB33AF

square

#BB8333 #33BB3F #336BBB #BB33AF

split-complementary

#BB8333 #33AFBB #3F33BB

monochromatic

#5B4019 #8B6126 #BB8333 #D2A059 #DFBC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BB8333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BB8333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8333

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8333	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.117 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a76f',
    500: '#bb8333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8333;
$custom-light: #d4a76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8333

secondary

#819FC9

accent

#86E047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8333

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

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