#BB8B34#BB8B34

#BB8B34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.117 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B34
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, 9.73, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 52.46, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0227 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.117 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3479, 29.2803, 7.3014)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B34 #3464BB

analogous

#BB4834 #BB8B34 #A7BB34

triadic

#BB8B34 #34BB8B #8B34BB

tetradic

#BB8B34 #34BB48 #3464BB #BB34A7

square

#BB8B34 #34BB48 #3464BB #BB34A7

split-complementary

#BB8B34 #34A7BB #4834BB

monochromatic

#5B4419 #8B6727 #BB8B34 #D1A75B #DFC18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BB8B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B34

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B34	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.117 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac70',
    500: '#bb8b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b34;
$custom-light: #d4ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.667,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66762,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B34

secondary

#829BC9

accent

#7EE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B34

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

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