#BB8338#BB8338

#BB8338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8338
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 14.36, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 49.81, 73.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0368 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.114 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3256, 27.0854, 7.4241)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8338 #3870BB

analogous

#BB4238 #BB8338 #B1BB38

triadic

#BB8338 #38BB83 #8338BB

tetradic

#BB8338 #38BB42 #3870BB #BB38B1

square

#BB8338 #38BB42 #3870BB #BB38B1

split-complementary

#BB8338 #38B1BB #4238BB

monochromatic

#5D411C #8C622A #BB8338 #D0A061 #DEBC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BB8338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BB8338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8338

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8338	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a772',
    500: '#bb8338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8338;
$custom-light: #d4a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.351,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65229,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8338

secondary

#86A3C8

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8338

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

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