#BB8530#BB8530

#BB8530 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8530
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 12.84, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 53.29, 76.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0312 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.119 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4166, 27.5557, 6.5652)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8530 #3066BB

analogous

#BB4030 #BB8530 #ABBB30

triadic

#BB8530 #30BB85 #8530BB

tetradic

#BB8530 #30BB40 #3066BB #BB30AB

square

#BB8530 #30BB40 #3066BB #BB30AB

split-complementary

#BB8530 #30ABBB #4030BB

monochromatic

#5A4017 #8A6223 #BB8530 #D3A255 #E0BD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8530

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8530	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a86e',
    500: '#bb8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8530;
$custom-light: #d4a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65545,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8530

secondary

#7D9BC9

accent

#82E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8530

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

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