#BB8342#BB8342

#BB8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.107 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8342
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 14.96, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 45.49, 70.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.04 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.107 68)
XYZ	xyz(29.5951, 27.1931, 8.8433)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8342 #427ABB

analogous

#BB4642 #BB8342 #B7BB42

triadic

#BB8342 #42BB83 #8342BB

tetradic

#BB8342 #42BB46 #427ABB #BB42B7

square

#BB8342 #42BB46 #427ABB #BB42B7

split-complementary

#BB8342 #42B7BB #4642BB

monochromatic

#614422 #8E6332 #BB8342 #CCA16E #DCBE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BB8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8342

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8342	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.107 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a779',
    500: '#bb8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8342;
$custom-light: #d3a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.231,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65338,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.27191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8342

secondary

#91AAC8

accent

#8FD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8342

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

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