#BB8A34#BB8A34

#BB8A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.117 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A34
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 10.28, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 52.31, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.0243 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.117 78)
XYZ	xyz(30.2038, 28.9920, 7.2534)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A34 #3465BB

analogous

#BB4734 #BB8A34 #A9BB34

triadic

#BB8A34 #34BB8A #8A34BB

tetradic

#BB8A34 #34BB47 #3465BB #BB34A9

square

#BB8A34 #34BB47 #3465BB #BB34A9

split-complementary

#BB8A34 #34A9BB #4734BB

monochromatic

#5B4319 #8B6727 #BB8A34 #D1A65B #DFC08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BB8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A34

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A34	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.117 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac70',
    500: '#bb8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a34;
$custom-light: #d4ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.222,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66563,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.2899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A34

secondary

#829CC9

accent

#7FE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A34

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

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