#BB8C33#BB8C33

#BB8C33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C33
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 9.12, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 53.03, 80.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0208 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.118 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4711, 29.5623, 7.2325)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C33 #3362BB

analogous

#BB4833 #BB8C33 #A6BB33

triadic

#BB8C33 #33BB8C #8C33BB

tetradic

#BB8C33 #33BB48 #3362BB #BB33A6

square

#BB8C33 #33BB48 #3362BB #BB33A6

split-complementary

#BB8C33 #33A6BB #4833BB

monochromatic

#5B4419 #8B6826 #BB8C33 #D2A859 #DFC189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BB8C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C33

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C33	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad70',
    500: '#bb8c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c33;
$custom-light: #d4ad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66952,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C33

secondary

#819AC9

accent

#7CE047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C33

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

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