#BB8A3D#BB8A3D

#BB8A3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.111 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A3D
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 10.77, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 48.49, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0269 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.111 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4262, 29.0810, 8.4247)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A3D #3D6EBB

analogous

#BB4B3D #BB8A3D #ADBB3D

triadic

#BB8A3D #3DBB8A #8A3DBB

tetradic

#BB8A3D #3DBB4B #3D6EBB #BB3DAD

square

#BB8A3D #3DBB4B #3D6EBB #BB3DAD

split-complementary

#BB8A3D #3DADBB #4B3DBB

monochromatic

#5F461F #8D682E #BB8A3D #CEA668 #DDC196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A3D

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A3D	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.111 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac76',
    500: '#bb8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a3d;
$custom-light: #d3ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6665,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A3D

secondary

#8CA3C8

accent

#84DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A3D

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

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