#BB8939#BB8939

#BB8939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.113 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8939
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 11.09, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 50.08, 77.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0273 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.113 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1796, 28.7538, 7.8306)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8939 #396BBB

analogous

#BB4839 #BB8939 #ACBB39

triadic

#BB8939 #39BB89 #8939BB

tetradic

#BB8939 #39BB48 #396BBB #BB39AC

square

#BB8939 #39BB48 #396BBB #BB39AC

split-complementary

#BB8939 #39ACBB #4839BB

monochromatic

#5D441C #8C672B #BB8939 #CFA562 #DDC091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BB8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8939

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8939	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)

#9C8B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.113 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab73',
    500: '#bb8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8939;
$custom-light: #d4ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66412,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8939

secondary

#87A0C8

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8939

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

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