#BB8933#BB8933

#BB8933 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8933
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 10.78, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 52.58, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.0256 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.117 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0387, 28.6975, 7.0884)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8933 #3365BB

analogous

#BB4533 #BB8933 #A9BB33

triadic

#BB8933 #33BB89 #8933BB

tetradic

#BB8933 #33BB45 #3365BB #BB33A9

square

#BB8933 #33BB45 #3365BB #BB33A9

split-complementary

#BB8933 #33A9BB #4533BB

monochromatic

#5B4319 #8B6626 #BB8933 #D2A659 #DFC089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BB8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8933

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8933	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)

#9C8B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab70',
    500: '#bb8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8933;
$custom-light: #d4ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66356,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8933

secondary

#819BC9

accent

#80E047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8933

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

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