#BB8A3C#BB8A3C

#BB8A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.112 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A3C
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, 10.71, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 48.93, 77.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0266 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.112 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3995, 29.0703, 8.2841)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A3C #3C6DBB

analogous

#BB4A3C #BB8A3C #ACBB3C

triadic

#BB8A3C #3CBB8A #8A3CBB

tetradic

#BB8A3C #3CBB4A #3C6DBB #BB3CAC

square

#BB8A3C #3CBB4A #3C6DBB #BB3CAC

split-complementary

#BB8A3C #3CACBB #4A3CBB

monochromatic

#5E461E #8D682D #BB8A3C #CEA666 #DDC195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BB8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A3C

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A3C	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)

#9C8C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.112 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac75',
    500: '#bb8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a3c;
$custom-light: #d3ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.85,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66639,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A3C

secondary

#8BA2C8

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A3C

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

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