#BB8C36#BB8C36

#BB8C36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.116 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C36
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 9.28, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 51.79, 79.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0216 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.116 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5394, 29.5896, 7.5922)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C36 #3665BB

analogous

#BB4936 #BB8C36 #A8BB36

triadic

#BB8C36 #36BB8C #8C36BB

tetradic

#BB8C36 #36BB49 #3665BB #BB36A8

square

#BB8C36 #36BB49 #3665BB #BB36A8

split-complementary

#BB8C36 #36A8BB #4936BB

monochromatic

#5C451B #8C6828 #BB8C36 #D0A85E #DEC28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BB8C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C36

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C36	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)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.116 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad72',
    500: '#bb8c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c36;
$custom-light: #d4ad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66978,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C36

secondary

#849CC9

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C36

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

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