#BB8B36#BB8B36

#BB8B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.116 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B36
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 9.83, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 51.64, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0232 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.116 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3939, 29.2987, 7.5437)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B36 #3666BB

analogous

#BB4936 #BB8B36 #A9BB36

triadic

#BB8B36 #36BB8B #8B36BB

tetradic

#BB8B36 #36BB49 #3666BB #BB36A9

square

#BB8B36 #36BB49 #3666BB #BB36A9

split-complementary

#BB8B36 #36A9BB #4936BB

monochromatic

#5C441B #8C6828 #BB8B36 #D0A75E #DEC18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BB8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B36

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B36	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)

#9E8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.116 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac72',
    500: '#bb8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b36;
$custom-light: #d4ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66779,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B36

secondary

#849DC9

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B36

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

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