#BB8734#BB8734

#BB8734 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.117 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8734
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 11.93, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 51.91, 76.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% 0.0291 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.117 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7793, 28.1431, 7.1119)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8734 #3468BB

analogous

#BB4434 #BB8734 #ACBB34

triadic

#BB8734 #34BB87 #8734BB

tetradic

#BB8734 #34BB44 #3468BB #BB34AC

square

#BB8734 #34BB44 #3468BB #BB34AC

split-complementary

#BB8734 #34ACBB #4434BB

monochromatic

#5B4219 #8B6427 #BB8734 #D1A45B #DFBE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB8734 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BB8734 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8734

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8734	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8734	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8734;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.117 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a970',
    500: '#bb8734',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8734;
$custom-light: #d4a970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8734",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65971,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8734

secondary

#829DC9

accent

#82E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8734

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

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