#BB8D35#BB8D35

#BB8D35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.117 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D35
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 8.67, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 52.37, 80.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0197 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.117 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6629, 29.8739, 7.5187)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D35 #3563BB

analogous

#BB4A35 #BB8D35 #A6BB35

triadic

#BB8D35 #35BB8D #8D35BB

tetradic

#BB8D35 #35BB4A #3563BB #BB35A6

square

#BB8D35 #35BB4A #3563BB #BB35A6

split-complementary

#BB8D35 #35A6BB #4A35BB

monochromatic

#5C451A #8B6927 #BB8D35 #D1A95C #DEC28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BB8D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D35

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D35	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)

#9F8E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.117 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae71',
    500: '#bb8d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d35;
$custom-light: #d4ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D35

secondary

#839BC9

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D35

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

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