#BB8838#BB8838

#BB8838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.114 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8838
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 11.59, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 50.37, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0287 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.114 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0135, 28.4610, 7.6534)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8838 #386BBB

analogous

#BB4638 #BB8838 #ACBB38

triadic

#BB8838 #38BB88 #8838BB

tetradic

#BB8838 #38BB46 #386BBB #BB38AC

square

#BB8838 #38BB46 #386BBB #BB38AC

split-complementary

#BB8838 #38ACBB #4638BB

monochromatic

#5D431C #8C662A #BB8838 #D0A461 #DEBF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BB8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8838

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8838	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.114 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa73',
    500: '#bb8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8838;
$custom-light: #d4aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66205,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8838

secondary

#86A0C8

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8838

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

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