#BB8A38#BB8A38

#BB8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A38
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 10.49, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 50.65, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0254 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.114 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2978, 29.0296, 7.7481)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A38 #3869BB

analogous

#BB4838 #BB8A38 #AABB38

triadic

#BB8A38 #38BB8A #8A38BB

tetradic

#BB8A38 #38BB48 #3869BB #BB38AA

square

#BB8A38 #38BB48 #3869BB #BB38AA

split-complementary

#BB8A38 #38AABB #4838BB

monochromatic

#5D441C #8C672A #BB8A38 #D0A661 #DEC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BB8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A38

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A38	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac73',
    500: '#bb8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a38;
$custom-light: #d4ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.666,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A38

secondary

#869FC8

accent

#81DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A38

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

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