#BB8538#BB8538

#BB8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.114 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8538
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 13.25, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 50.01, 74.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0335 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.114 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5969, 27.6278, 7.5145)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8538 #386EBB

analogous

#BB4338 #BB8538 #AFBB38

triadic

#BB8538 #38BB85 #8538BB

tetradic

#BB8538 #38BB43 #386EBB #BB38AF

square

#BB8538 #38BB43 #386EBB #BB38AF

split-complementary

#BB8538 #38AFBB #4338BB

monochromatic

#5D421C #8C642A #BB8538 #D0A261 #DEBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BB8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8538

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8538	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.114 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a872',
    500: '#bb8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8538;
$custom-light: #d4a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65617,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8538

secondary

#86A2C8

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8538

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

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