#BB8731#BB8731

#BB8731 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.118 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8731
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 11.79, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 53.13, 77.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.0283 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.118 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7139, 28.1169, 6.7673)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8731 #3165BB

analogous

#BB4231 #BB8731 #AABB31

triadic

#BB8731 #31BB87 #8731BB

tetradic

#BB8731 #31BB42 #3165BB #BB31AA

square

#BB8731 #31BB42 #3165BB #BB31AA

split-complementary

#BB8731 #31AABB #4231BB

monochromatic

#5A4118 #8B6424 #BB8731 #D3A456 #E0BE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB8731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BB8731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8731

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8731	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.118 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a96e',
    500: '#bb8731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8731;
$custom-light: #d4a96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65945,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8731

secondary

#7F9BC9

accent

#81E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8731

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

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