#BB8340#BB8340

#BB8340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8340
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 14.83, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 46.37, 71.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0393 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.108 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5372, 27.1700, 8.5382)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8340 #4078BB

analogous

#BB4640 #BB8340 #B6BB40

triadic

#BB8340 #40BB83 #8340BB

tetradic

#BB8340 #40BB46 #4078BB #BB40B6

square

#BB8340 #40BB46 #4078BB #BB40B6

split-complementary

#BB8340 #40B6BB #4640BB

monochromatic

#604321 #8D6330 #BB8340 #CDA06C #DCBE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BB8340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8340

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8340	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a777',
    500: '#bb8340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8340;
$custom-light: #d3a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.683,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65315,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8340

secondary

#8FA9C8

accent

#8ED94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8340

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

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