#BB8D32#BB8D32

#BB8D32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.119 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D32
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 8.53, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 53.59, 80.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.0189 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.119 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5961, 29.8471, 7.1666)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D32 #3260BB

analogous

#BB4932 #BB8D32 #A5BB32

triadic

#BB8D32 #32BB8D #8D32BB

tetradic

#BB8D32 #32BB49 #3260BB #BB32A5

square

#BB8D32 #32BB49 #3260BB #BB32A5

split-complementary

#BB8D32 #32A5BB #4932BB

monochromatic

#5A4418 #8B6925 #BB8D32 #D2A958 #DFC288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D32

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D32	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.119 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6f',
    500: '#bb8d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d32;
$custom-light: #d4ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.854,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67144,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D32

secondary

#8098C9

accent

#7BE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D32

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

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