#BB8A40#BB8A40

#BB8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.109 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A40
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 10.96, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 47.17, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0279 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.109 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5093, 29.1142, 8.8622)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A40 #4071BB

analogous

#BB4D40 #BB8A40 #AFBB40

triadic

#BB8A40 #40BB8A #8A40BB

tetradic

#BB8A40 #40BB4D #4071BB #BB40AF

square

#BB8A40 #40BB4D #4071BB #BB40AF

split-complementary

#BB8A40 #40AFBB #4D40BB

monochromatic

#604721 #8D6830 #BB8A40 #CDA66C #DCC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A40

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A40	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)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.109 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac78',
    500: '#bb8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a40;
$custom-light: #d3ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.098,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66682,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A40

secondary

#8FA6C8

accent

#86D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A40

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

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