#BB8739#BB8739

#BB8739 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.113 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8739
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, 12.20, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 49.82, 75.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.0306 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.113 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8980, 28.1905, 7.7368)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8739 #396DBB

analogous

#BB4639 #BB8739 #AEBB39

triadic

#BB8739 #39BB87 #8739BB

tetradic

#BB8739 #39BB46 #396DBB #BB39AE

square

#BB8739 #39BB46 #396DBB #BB39AE

split-complementary

#BB8739 #39AEBB #4639BB

monochromatic

#5D431C #8C652B #BB8739 #CFA462 #DDBF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB8739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BB8739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8739

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8739	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)

#9A8930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.113 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a973',
    500: '#bb8739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8739;
$custom-light: #d4a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66018,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8739

secondary

#87A1C8

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8739

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

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