#BB8931#BB8931

#BB8931 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.119 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8931
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 10.68, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 53.39, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0251 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.119 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9956, 28.6802, 6.8612)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8931 #3163BB

analogous

#BB4431 #BB8931 #A8BB31

triadic

#BB8931 #31BB89 #8931BB

tetradic

#BB8931 #31BB44 #3163BB #BB31A8

square

#BB8931 #31BB44 #3163BB #BB31A8

split-complementary

#BB8931 #31A8BB #4431BB

monochromatic

#5A4218 #8B6524 #BB8931 #D3A656 #E0BF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BB8931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8931

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8931	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.119 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6f',
    500: '#bb8931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8931;
$custom-light: #d4ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66339,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8931

secondary

#7F9AC9

accent

#7EE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8931

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

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