#BB8638#BB8638

#BB8638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.114 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8638
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, 12.70, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 50.12, 75.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0319 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.114 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7344, 27.9029, 7.5604)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8638 #386DBB

analogous

#BB4438 #BB8638 #AEBB38

triadic

#BB8638 #38BB86 #8638BB

tetradic

#BB8638 #38BB44 #386DBB #BB38AE

square

#BB8638 #38BB44 #386DBB #BB38AE

split-complementary

#BB8638 #38AEBB #4438BB

monochromatic

#5D431C #8C642A #BB8638 #D0A361 #DEBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BB8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8638

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8638	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.114 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a972',
    500: '#bb8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8638;
$custom-light: #d4a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.725,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65813,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8638

secondary

#86A1C8

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8638

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

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