#BB8B40#BB8B40

#BB8B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.109 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B40
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 10.41, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 47.32, 77.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0263 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.109 76)
XYZ	xyz(30.6534, 29.4025, 8.9103)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B40 #4070BB

analogous

#BB4D40 #BB8B40 #AEBB40

triadic

#BB8B40 #40BB8B #8B40BB

tetradic

#BB8B40 #40BB4D #4070BB #BB40AE

square

#BB8B40 #40BB4D #4070BB #BB40AE

split-complementary

#BB8B40 #40AEBB #4D40BB

monochromatic

#604721 #8D6930 #BB8B40 #CDA76C #DCC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B40

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B40	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.109 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac78',
    500: '#bb8b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b40;
$custom-light: #d3ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6688,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B40

secondary

#8FA5C8

accent

#85D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B40

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

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