#BB8639#BB8639

#BB8639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.113 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8639
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, 12.75, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 49.70, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0322 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.113 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7591, 27.9128, 7.6905)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8639 #396EBB

analogous

#BB4539 #BB8639 #AFBB39

triadic

#BB8639 #39BB86 #8639BB

tetradic

#BB8639 #39BB45 #396EBB #BB39AF

square

#BB8639 #39BB45 #396EBB #BB39AF

split-complementary

#BB8639 #39AFBB #4539BB

monochromatic

#5D431C #8C642B #BB8639 #CFA362 #DDBE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB8639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BB8639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8639

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8639	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)

#998930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.113 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a973',
    500: '#bb8639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8639;
$custom-light: #d4a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65822,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8639

secondary

#87A2C8

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8639

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

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