#BB8B31#BB8B31

#BB8B31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.119 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B31
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 9.58, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 53.67, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0219 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.119 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2825, 29.2541, 6.9568)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B31 #3161BB

analogous

#BB4631 #BB8B31 #A6BB31

triadic

#BB8B31 #31BB8B #8B31BB

tetradic

#BB8B31 #31BB46 #3161BB #BB31A6

square

#BB8B31 #31BB46 #3161BB #BB31A6

split-complementary

#BB8B31 #31A6BB #4631BB

monochromatic

#5A4318 #8B6724 #BB8B31 #D3A856 #E0C187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BB8B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B31

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B31	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)

#9E8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.119 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac6f',
    500: '#bb8b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b31;
$custom-light: #d4ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66736,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B31

secondary

#7F99C9

accent

#7CE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B31

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

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