#BB8834#BB8834

#BB8834 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.117 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8834
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 11.38, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 52.04, 77.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0275 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.117 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9195, 28.4234, 7.1586)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8834 #3467BB

analogous

#BB4434 #BB8834 #ABBB34

triadic

#BB8834 #34BB88 #8834BB

tetradic

#BB8834 #34BB44 #3467BB #BB34AB

square

#BB8834 #34BB44 #3467BB #BB34AB

split-complementary

#BB8834 #34ABBB #4434BB

monochromatic

#5B4219 #8B6527 #BB8834 #D1A55B #DFBF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BB8834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8834

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8834	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)

#9B8A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.117 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa70',
    500: '#bb8834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8834;
$custom-light: #d4aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66168,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8834

secondary

#829DC9

accent

#81E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8834

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

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