#BB8A3E#BB8A3E

#BB8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.110 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A3E
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 10.83, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 48.06, 76.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0273 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.11 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4534, 29.0918, 8.5678)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A3E #3E6FBB

analogous

#BB4C3E #BB8A3E #AEBB3E

triadic

#BB8A3E #3EBB8A #8A3EBB

tetradic

#BB8A3E #3EBB4C #3E6FBB #BB3EAE

square

#BB8A3E #3EBB4C #3E6FBB #BB3EAE

split-complementary

#BB8A3E #3EAEBB #4C3EBB

monochromatic

#5F4620 #8D682F #BB8A3E #CDA669 #DCC197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A3E

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A3E	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)

#9C8C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.110 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac76',
    500: '#bb8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a3e;
$custom-light: #d3ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.48,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6666,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A3E

secondary

#8DA4C8

accent

#85DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A3E

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

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