#BB8532#BB8532

#BB8532 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8532
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 50)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 12.94, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 52.49, 75.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0318 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.118 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4588, 27.5726, 6.7875)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8532 #3268BB

analogous

#BB4032 #BB8532 #ADBB32

triadic

#BB8532 #32BB85 #8532BB

tetradic

#BB8532 #32BB40 #3268BB #BB32AD

square

#BB8532 #32BB40 #3268BB #BB32AD

split-complementary

#BB8532 #32ADBB #4032BB

monochromatic

#5A4018 #8B6325 #BB8532 #D2A258 #DFBD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB8532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB8532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8532

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8532	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#988827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a86f',
    500: '#bb8532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8532;
$custom-light: #d4a86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.35,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65562,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8532

secondary

#809DC9

accent

#84E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8532

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

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