#BB8932#BB8932

#BB8932 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8932
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 50)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 10.73, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 52.99, 78.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0253 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.118 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0169, 28.6888, 6.9735)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8932 #3264BB

analogous

#BB4532 #BB8932 #A9BB32

triadic

#BB8932 #32BB89 #8932BB

tetradic

#BB8932 #32BB45 #3264BB #BB32A9

square

#BB8932 #32BB45 #3264BB #BB32A9

split-complementary

#BB8932 #32A9BB #4532BB

monochromatic

#5A4218 #8B6625 #BB8932 #D2A658 #DFBF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BB8932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8932

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8932	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)

#9C8B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6f',
    500: '#bb8932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8932;
$custom-light: #d4ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66348,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8932

secondary

#809BC9

accent

#7FE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8932

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

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