#BB8D33#BB8D33

#BB8D33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D33
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 8.57, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 53.19, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0192 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.118 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6179, 29.8558, 7.2815)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D33 #3361BB

analogous

#BB4933 #BB8D33 #A5BB33

triadic

#BB8D33 #33BB8D #8D33BB

tetradic

#BB8D33 #33BB49 #3361BB #BB33A5

square

#BB8D33 #33BB49 #3361BB #BB33A5

split-complementary

#BB8D33 #33A5BB #4933BB

monochromatic

#5B4419 #8B6926 #BB8D33 #D2A959 #DFC289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D33

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D33	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)

#A08E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae70',
    500: '#bb8d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d33;
$custom-light: #d4ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67152,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D33

secondary

#8199C9

accent

#7BE047

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D33

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

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