#BB8833#BB8833

#BB8833 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.117 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8833
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 11.33, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 52.45, 77.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0272 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.117 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8972, 28.4145, 7.0412)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8833 #3366BB

analogous

#BB4433 #BB8833 #AABB33

triadic

#BB8833 #33BB88 #8833BB

tetradic

#BB8833 #33BB44 #3366BB #BB33AA

square

#BB8833 #33BB44 #3366BB #BB33AA

split-complementary

#BB8833 #33AABB #4433BB

monochromatic

#5B4219 #8B6526 #BB8833 #D2A559 #DFBF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BB8833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8833

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8833	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)

#9B8A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.117 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa70',
    500: '#bb8833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8833;
$custom-light: #d4aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66159,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8833

secondary

#819CC9

accent

#81E047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8833

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

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