#BB8B33#BB8B33

#BB8B33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.118 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B33
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 9.68, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 52.87, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0224 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.118 79)
XYZ	xyz(30.3257, 29.2714, 7.1841)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B33 #3363BB

analogous

#BB4733 #BB8B33 #A7BB33

triadic

#BB8B33 #33BB8B #8B33BB

tetradic

#BB8B33 #33BB47 #3363BB #BB33A7

square

#BB8B33 #33BB47 #3363BB #BB33A7

split-complementary

#BB8B33 #33A7BB #4733BB

monochromatic

#5B4419 #8B6726 #BB8B33 #D2A759 #DFC189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BB8B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B33

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B33	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)

#9E8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.118 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac70',
    500: '#bb8b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b33;
$custom-light: #d4ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66753,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.29269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B33

secondary

#819AC9

accent

#7DE047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B33

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

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