#BB8941#BB8941

#BB8941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.108 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8941
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 11.57, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 46.59, 75.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0299 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.108 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3952, 28.8401, 8.9658)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8941 #4173BB

analogous

#BB4C41 #BB8941 #B0BB41

triadic

#BB8941 #41BB89 #8941BB

tetradic

#BB8941 #41BB4C #4173BB #BB41B0

square

#BB8941 #41BB4C #4173BB #BB41B0

split-complementary

#BB8941 #41B0BB #4C41BB

monochromatic

#604621 #8E6831 #BB8941 #CCA56D #DCC19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8941

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8941	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)

#9B8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.108 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab78',
    500: '#bb8941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8941;
$custom-light: #d3ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66496,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8941

secondary

#90A7C8

accent

#88D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8941

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

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