#BB8B3C#BB8B3C

#BB8B3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.112 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B3C
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 10.16, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 49.08, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.025 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.112 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5436, 29.3586, 8.3322)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B3C #3C6CBB

analogous

#BB4B3C #BB8B3C #ABBB3C

triadic

#BB8B3C #3CBB8B #8B3CBB

tetradic

#BB8B3C #3CBB4B #3C6CBB #BB3CAB

square

#BB8B3C #3CBB4B #3C6CBB #BB3CAB

split-complementary

#BB8B3C #3CABBB #4B3CBB

monochromatic

#5E461E #8D692D #BB8B3C #CEA766 #DDC295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BB8B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BB8B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B3C

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B3C	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)

#9D8D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.112 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac75',
    500: '#bb8b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b3c;
$custom-light: #d3ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.323,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66837,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B3C

secondary

#8BA2C8

accent

#83DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B3C

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

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