#BB8438#BB8438

#BB8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8438
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 13.80, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 49.91, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.0351 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.114 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.4606, 27.3553, 7.4691)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8438 #386FBB

analogous

#BB4338 #BB8438 #B0BB38

triadic

#BB8438 #38BB84 #8438BB

tetradic

#BB8438 #38BB43 #386FBB #BB38B0

square

#BB8438 #38BB43 #386FBB #BB38B0

split-complementary

#BB8438 #38B0BB #4338BB

monochromatic

#5D421C #8C632A #BB8438 #D0A161 #DEBD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BB8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8438

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8438	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a772',
    500: '#bb8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8438;
$custom-light: #d4a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65423,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.27353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8438

secondary

#86A2C8

accent

#88DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8438

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

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