#BB8430#BB8430

#BB8430 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8430
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 48)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 13.40, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 53.19, 75.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.0329 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.119 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2803, 27.2832, 6.5198)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8430 #3067BB

analogous

#BB3E30 #BB8430 #ACBB30

triadic

#BB8430 #30BB84 #8430BB

tetradic

#BB8430 #30BB3E #3067BB #BB30AC

square

#BB8430 #30BB3E #3067BB #BB30AC

split-complementary

#BB8430 #30ACBB #3E30BB

monochromatic

#5A3F17 #8A6223 #BB8430 #D3A155 #E0BC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB8430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BB8430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8430

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8430	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a76e',
    500: '#bb8430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8430;
$custom-light: #d4a76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6535,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8430

secondary

#7D9BC9

accent

#84E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8430

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

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