#BB8A32#BB8A32

#BB8A32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A32
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 10.18, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 53.13, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0237 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.118 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1597, 28.9744, 7.0211)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A32 #3263BB

analogous

#BB4632 #BB8A32 #A8BB32

triadic

#BB8A32 #32BB8A #8A32BB

tetradic

#BB8A32 #32BB46 #3263BB #BB32A8

square

#BB8A32 #32BB46 #3263BB #BB32A8

split-complementary

#BB8A32 #32A8BB #4632BB

monochromatic

#5A4318 #8B6625 #BB8A32 #D2A758 #DFC088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BB8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A32

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A32	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac6f',
    500: '#bb8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a32;
$custom-light: #d4ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.54,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66546,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A32

secondary

#809AC9

accent

#7EE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A32

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

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