#BB8B3A#BB8B3A

#BB8B3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.113 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B3A
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 58)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 10.05, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 49.94, 78.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0244 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.113 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4918, 29.3378, 8.0590)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B3A #3A6ABB

analogous

#BB4A3A #BB8B3A #ABBB3A

triadic

#BB8B3A #3ABB8B #8B3ABB

tetradic

#BB8B3A #3ABB4A #3A6ABB #BB3AAB

square

#BB8B3A #3ABB4A #3A6ABB #BB3AAB

split-complementary

#BB8B3A #3AABBB #4A3ABB

monochromatic

#5E461D #8C682C #BB8B3A #CFA763 #DDC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BB8B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B3A

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B3A	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.113 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac74',
    500: '#bb8b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b3a;
$custom-light: #d3ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.674,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66817,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B3A

secondary

#88A0C8

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B3A

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

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