#BB8935#BB8935

#BB8935 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.116 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8935
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 10.88, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 51.76, 77.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0262 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.116 77)
XYZ	xyz(30.0838, 28.7155, 7.3257)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8935 #3567BB

analogous

#BB4635 #BB8935 #AABB35

triadic

#BB8935 #35BB89 #8935BB

tetradic

#BB8935 #35BB46 #3567BB #BB35AA

square

#BB8935 #35BB46 #3567BB #BB35AA

split-complementary

#BB8935 #35AABB #4635BB

monochromatic

#5C431A #8B6627 #BB8935 #D1A55C #DEC08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BB8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8935

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8935	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.116 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab71',
    500: '#bb8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8935;
$custom-light: #d4ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66374,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.28713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8935

secondary

#839DC9

accent

#81DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8935

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

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