#BB8A35#BB8A35

#BB8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.116 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A35
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 10.33, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 51.90, 78.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0246 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.116 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2266, 29.0011, 7.3733)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A35 #3566BB

analogous

#BB4735 #BB8A35 #A9BB35

triadic

#BB8A35 #35BB8A #8A35BB

tetradic

#BB8A35 #35BB47 #3566BB #BB35A9

square

#BB8A35 #35BB47 #3566BB #BB35A9

split-complementary

#BB8A35 #35A9BB #4735BB

monochromatic

#5C441A #8B6727 #BB8A35 #D1A65C #DEC08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BB8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A35

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A35	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)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.116 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac71',
    500: '#bb8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a35;
$custom-light: #d4ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66572,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A35

secondary

#839DC9

accent

#80DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A35

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

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