#BB8A41#BB8A41

#BB8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.108 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A41
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 11.02, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 46.73, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0282 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.108 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5380, 29.1257, 9.0134)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A41 #4172BB

analogous

#BB4D41 #BB8A41 #AFBB41

triadic

#BB8A41 #41BB8A #8A41BB

tetradic

#BB8A41 #41BB4D #4172BB #BB41AF

square

#BB8A41 #41BB4D #4172BB #BB41AF

split-complementary

#BB8A41 #41AFBB #4D41BB

monochromatic

#604721 #8E6831 #BB8A41 #CCA66D #DCC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A41

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A41	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)

#9C8C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.108 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac78',
    500: '#bb8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a41;
$custom-light: #d3ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66693,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A41

secondary

#90A6C8

accent

#87D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A41

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

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