#BB8738#BB8738

#BB8738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.114 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8738
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 12.14, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 50.24, 76.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0303 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.114 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8733, 28.1806, 7.6067)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8738 #386CBB

analogous

#BB4538 #BB8738 #ADBB38

triadic

#BB8738 #38BB87 #8738BB

tetradic

#BB8738 #38BB45 #386CBB #BB38AD

square

#BB8738 #38BB45 #386CBB #BB38AD

split-complementary

#BB8738 #38ADBB #4538BB

monochromatic

#5D431C #8C652A #BB8738 #D0A461 #DEBF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BB8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8738

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8738	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.114 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a973',
    500: '#bb8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8738;
$custom-light: #d4a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66008,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8738

secondary

#86A1C8

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8738

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

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