#BB8335#BB8335

#BB8335 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8335
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 14.20, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 51.06, 73.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0359 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.116 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2545, 27.0569, 7.0492)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8335 #356DBB

analogous

#BB4035 #BB8335 #B0BB35

triadic

#BB8335 #35BB83 #8335BB

tetradic

#BB8335 #35BB40 #356DBB #BB35B0

square

#BB8335 #35BB40 #356DBB #BB35B0

split-complementary

#BB8335 #35B0BB #4035BB

monochromatic

#5C401A #8B6227 #BB8335 #D1A05C #DEBC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BB8335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BB8335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8335

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8335	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)

#97862B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a770',
    500: '#bb8335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8335;
$custom-light: #d4a770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.652,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8335

secondary

#83A0C9

accent

#88DF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8335

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

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