#BB8938#BB8938

#BB8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.114 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8938
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, 11.04, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 50.50, 77.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.027 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.114 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1549, 28.7440, 7.7005)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8938 #386ABB

analogous

#BB4738 #BB8938 #ABBB38

triadic

#BB8938 #38BB89 #8938BB

tetradic

#BB8938 #38BB47 #386ABB #BB38AB

square

#BB8938 #38BB47 #386ABB #BB38AB

split-complementary

#BB8938 #38ABBB #4738BB

monochromatic

#5D441C #8C662A #BB8938 #D0A561 #DEC090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BB8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8938

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8938	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.114 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab73',
    500: '#bb8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8938;
$custom-light: #d4ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66402,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8938

secondary

#86A0C8

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8938

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

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