#BB8940#BB8940

#BB8940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.109 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8940
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 11.51, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 47.03, 75.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0295 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.109 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3665, 28.8286, 8.8146)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8940 #4072BB

analogous

#BB4C40 #BB8940 #B0BB40

triadic

#BB8940 #40BB89 #8940BB

tetradic

#BB8940 #40BB4C #4072BB #BB40B0

square

#BB8940 #40BB4C #4072BB #BB40B0

split-complementary

#BB8940 #40B0BB #4C40BB

monochromatic

#604621 #8D6830 #BB8940 #CDA56C #DCC199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8940

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8940	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.109 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab78',
    500: '#bb8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8940;
$custom-light: #d3ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.61,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66485,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8940

secondary

#8FA6C8

accent

#87D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8940

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

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