#BB8832#BB8832

#BB8832 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8832
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 50)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 11.28, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 52.85, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% 0.0269 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.118 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8754, 28.4058, 6.9264)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8832 #3265BB

analogous

#BB4332 #BB8832 #AABB32

triadic

#BB8832 #32BB88 #8832BB

tetradic

#BB8832 #32BB43 #3265BB #BB32AA

square

#BB8832 #32BB43 #3265BB #BB32AA

split-complementary

#BB8832 #32AABB #4332BB

monochromatic

#5A4218 #8B6525 #BB8832 #D2A558 #DFBF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BB8832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8832

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8832	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)

#9B8A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa6f',
    500: '#bb8832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8832;
$custom-light: #d4aa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6615,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8832

secondary

#809BC9

accent

#80E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8832

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

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