#BB8B30#BB8B30

#BB8B30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B30
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 48)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 9.53, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 54.07, 79.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0216 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.12 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2616, 29.2457, 6.8469)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B30 #3060BB

analogous

#BB4630 #BB8B30 #A5BB30

triadic

#BB8B30 #30BB8B #8B30BB

tetradic

#BB8B30 #30BB46 #3060BB #BB30A5

square

#BB8B30 #30BB46 #3060BB #BB30A5

split-complementary

#BB8B30 #30A5BB #4630BB

monochromatic

#5A4317 #8A6723 #BB8B30 #D3A855 #E0C186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BB8B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B30

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B30	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac6e',
    500: '#bb8b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b30;
$custom-light: #d4ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66728,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B30

secondary

#7D98C9

accent

#7CE245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B30

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

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