#BB8A37#BB8A37

#BB8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.115 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A37
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, 10.43, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 51.07, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0251 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.115 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2735, 29.0199, 7.6206)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A37 #3768BB

analogous

#BB4837 #BB8A37 #AABB37

triadic

#BB8A37 #37BB8A #8A37BB

tetradic

#BB8A37 #37BB48 #3768BB #BB37AA

square

#BB8A37 #37BB48 #3768BB #BB37AA

split-complementary

#BB8A37 #37AABB #4837BB

monochromatic

#5C441B #8C6729 #BB8A37 #D0A65F #DEC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BB8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A37

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A37	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)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.115 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac72',
    500: '#bb8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a37;
$custom-light: #d4ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6659,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A37

secondary

#859EC9

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A37

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

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