#BB8541#BB8541

#BB8541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.107 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8541
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 13.79, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 46.12, 72.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0364 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.107 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8371, 27.7239, 8.7798)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8541 #4177BB

analogous

#BB4841 #BB8541 #B4BB41

triadic

#BB8541 #41BB85 #8541BB

tetradic

#BB8541 #41BB48 #4177BB #BB41B4

square

#BB8541 #41BB48 #4177BB #BB41B4

split-complementary

#BB8541 #41B4BB #4841BB

monochromatic

#604421 #8E6531 #BB8541 #CCA26D #DCBF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BB8541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BB8541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8541

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8541	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)

#98883A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.107 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a878',
    500: '#bb8541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8541;
$custom-light: #d3a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.443,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65714,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8541

secondary

#90A9C8

accent

#8CD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8541

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

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