#BB8831#BB8831

#BB8831 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8831
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 11.23, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 53.25, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.0267 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.119 77)
XYZ	xyz(29.8541, 28.3972, 6.8140)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8831 #3164BB

analogous

#BB4331 #BB8831 #A9BB31

triadic

#BB8831 #31BB88 #8831BB

tetradic

#BB8831 #31BB43 #3164BB #BB31A9

square

#BB8831 #31BB43 #3164BB #BB31A9

split-complementary

#BB8831 #31A9BB #4331BB

monochromatic

#5A4118 #8B6524 #BB8831 #D3A556 #E0BF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BB8831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8831

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8831	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)

#9B8A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa6e',
    500: '#bb8831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8831;
$custom-light: #d4aa6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66142,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.28395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8831

secondary

#7F9AC9

accent

#80E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8831

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

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