#BB8A39#BB8A39

#BB8A39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A39
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 10.54, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 50.22, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0257 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.114 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3225, 29.0395, 7.8782)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A39 #396ABB

analogous

#BB4939 #BB8A39 #ABBB39

triadic

#BB8A39 #39BB8A #8A39BB

tetradic

#BB8A39 #39BB49 #396ABB #BB39AB

square

#BB8A39 #39BB49 #396ABB #BB39AB

split-complementary

#BB8A39 #39ABBB #4939BB

monochromatic

#5D451C #8C672B #BB8A39 #CFA662 #DDC191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BB8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A39

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A39	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac73',
    500: '#bb8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a39;
$custom-light: #d4ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66609,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A39

secondary

#87A0C8

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A39

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

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