#BB8830#BB8830

#BB8830 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.119 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8830
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 11.19, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 53.65, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% 0.0264 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.119 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8332, 28.3889, 6.7041)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8830 #3063BB

analogous

#BB4330 #BB8830 #A8BB30

triadic

#BB8830 #30BB88 #8830BB

tetradic

#BB8830 #30BB43 #3063BB #BB30A8

square

#BB8830 #30BB43 #3063BB #BB30A8

split-complementary

#BB8830 #30A8BB #4330BB

monochromatic

#5A4117 #8A6523 #BB8830 #D3A555 #E0BF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BB8830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8830

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8830	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.119 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa6e',
    500: '#bb8830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8830;
$custom-light: #d4aa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66134,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8830

secondary

#7D99C9

accent

#7FE245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8830

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

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