#BB8839#BB8839

#BB8839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.113 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8839
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 11.65, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 49.94, 76.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.029 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.113 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0382, 28.4709, 7.7835)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8839 #396CBB

analogous

#BB4739 #BB8839 #ADBB39

triadic

#BB8839 #39BB88 #8839BB

tetradic

#BB8839 #39BB47 #396CBB #BB39AD

square

#BB8839 #39BB47 #396CBB #BB39AD

split-complementary

#BB8839 #39ADBB #4739BB

monochromatic

#5D441C #8C662B #BB8839 #CFA462 #DDBF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BB8839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8839

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8839	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)

#9B8A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.113 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa73',
    500: '#bb8839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8839;
$custom-light: #d4aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.462,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8839

secondary

#87A1C8

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8839

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

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