#BB8B32#BB8B32

#BB8B32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B32
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 50)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 9.63, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 53.27, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0221 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.118 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3038, 29.2626, 7.0692)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B32 #3262BB

analogous

#BB4732 #BB8B32 #A7BB32

triadic

#BB8B32 #32BB8B #8B32BB

tetradic

#BB8B32 #32BB47 #3262BB #BB32A7

square

#BB8B32 #32BB47 #3262BB #BB32A7

split-complementary

#BB8B32 #32A7BB #4732BB

monochromatic

#5A4318 #8B6725 #BB8B32 #D2A758 #DFC188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BB8B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B32

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B32	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9E8C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac6f',
    500: '#bb8b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b32;
$custom-light: #d4ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66745,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B32

secondary

#8099C9

accent

#7DE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B32

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

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