#BB8539#BB8539

#BB8539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.113 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8539
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 13.31, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 49.59, 74.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0338 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.113 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6216, 27.6377, 7.6446)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8539 #396FBB

analogous

#BB4439 #BB8539 #B0BB39

triadic

#BB8539 #39BB85 #8539BB

tetradic

#BB8539 #39BB44 #396FBB #BB39B0

square

#BB8539 #39BB44 #396FBB #BB39B0

split-complementary

#BB8539 #39B0BB #4439BB

monochromatic

#5D421C #8C642B #BB8539 #CFA262 #DDBE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB8539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BB8539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8539

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8539	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)

#988830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.113 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a873',
    500: '#bb8539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8539;
$custom-light: #d4a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65627,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8539

secondary

#87A2C8

accent

#88DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8539

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

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