#BB8D34#BB8D34

#BB8D34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D34
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 52)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 8.62, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 52.78, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0195 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.118 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6402, 29.8647, 7.3988)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D34 #3462BB

analogous

#BB4A34 #BB8D34 #A5BB34

triadic

#BB8D34 #34BB8D #8D34BB

tetradic

#BB8D34 #34BB4A #3462BB #BB34A5

square

#BB8D34 #34BB4A #3462BB #BB34A5

split-complementary

#BB8D34 #34A5BB #4A34BB

monochromatic

#5B4519 #8B6927 #BB8D34 #D1A95B #DFC28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D34

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D34	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)

#9F8E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae71',
    500: '#bb8d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d34;
$custom-light: #d4ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6716,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D34

secondary

#829AC9

accent

#7CE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D34

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

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