#BB8540#BB8540

#BB8540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.108 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8540
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 13.72, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 46.56, 72.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.036 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.108 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8084, 27.7124, 8.6286)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8540 #4076BB

analogous

#BB4840 #BB8540 #B4BB40

triadic

#BB8540 #40BB85 #8540BB

tetradic

#BB8540 #40BB48 #4076BB #BB40B4

square

#BB8540 #40BB48 #4076BB #BB40B4

split-complementary

#BB8540 #40B4BB #4840BB

monochromatic

#604421 #8D6530 #BB8540 #CDA26C #DCBF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BB8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BB8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8540

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8540	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.108 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a877',
    500: '#bb8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8540;
$custom-light: #d3a877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.659,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65702,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8540

secondary

#8FA8C8

accent

#8CD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8540

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

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