#BB8B41#BB8B41

#BB8B41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B41
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 10.47, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 46.87, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0266 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.108 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6821, 29.4139, 9.0615)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B41 #4171BB

analogous

#BB4E41 #BB8B41 #AEBB41

triadic

#BB8B41 #41BB8B #8B41BB

tetradic

#BB8B41 #41BB4E #4171BB #BB41AE

square

#BB8B41 #41BB4E #4171BB #BB41AE

split-complementary

#BB8B41 #41AEBB #4E41BB

monochromatic

#604721 #8E6931 #BB8B41 #CCA76D #DCC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B41

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B41	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)

#9D8D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac78',
    500: '#bb8b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b41;
$custom-light: #d3ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66891,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B41

secondary

#90A6C8

accent

#85D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B41

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

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