#BB8C35#BB8C35

#BB8C35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.117 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C35
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 9.23, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 52.21, 79.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.0213 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.117 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5162, 29.5803, 7.4698)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C35 #3564BB

analogous

#BB4935 #BB8C35 #A7BB35

triadic

#BB8C35 #35BB8C #8C35BB

tetradic

#BB8C35 #35BB49 #3564BB #BB35A7

square

#BB8C35 #35BB49 #3564BB #BB35A7

split-complementary

#BB8C35 #35A7BB #4935BB

monochromatic

#5C451A #8B6827 #BB8C35 #D1A85C #DEC18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BB8C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C35

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C35	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.117 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad71',
    500: '#bb8c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c35;
$custom-light: #d4ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66969,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C35

secondary

#839CC9

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C35

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

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