#BB8B38#BB8B38

#BB8B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B38
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 9.94, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 50.80, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0238 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.115 78)
XYZ	xyz(30.4419, 29.3178, 7.7962)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B38 #3868BB

analogous

#BB4938 #BB8B38 #A9BB38

triadic

#BB8B38 #38BB8B #8B38BB

tetradic

#BB8B38 #38BB49 #3868BB #BB38A9

square

#BB8B38 #38BB49 #3868BB #BB38A9

split-complementary

#BB8B38 #38A9BB #4938BB

monochromatic

#5D451C #8C682A #BB8B38 #D0A761 #DEC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BB8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B38

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B38	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)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac73',
    500: '#bb8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b38;
$custom-light: #d4ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.015,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66798,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.29316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B38

secondary

#869FC8

accent

#80DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B38

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

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