#BB8732#BB8732

#BB8732 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.118 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8732
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 11.83, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 52.72, 77.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0286 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.118 76)
XYZ	xyz(29.7352, 28.1254, 6.8797)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8732 #3266BB

analogous

#BB4232 #BB8732 #ABBB32

triadic

#BB8732 #32BB87 #8732BB

tetradic

#BB8732 #32BB42 #3266BB #BB32AB

square

#BB8732 #32BB42 #3266BB #BB32AB

split-complementary

#BB8732 #32ABBB #4232BB

monochromatic

#5A4118 #8B6425 #BB8732 #D2A458 #DFBE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB8732 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BB8732 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8732

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8732	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8732	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)

#9A8927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8732;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.118 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a96f',
    500: '#bb8732',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8732;
$custom-light: #d4a96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8732",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65954,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.28123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8732

secondary

#809CC9

accent

#81E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8732

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

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