#BB8D36#BB8D36

#BB8D36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.116 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D36
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 8.73, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 51.96, 80.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.02 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.116 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6862, 29.8831, 7.6411)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D36 #3664BB

analogous

#BB4A36 #BB8D36 #A7BB36

triadic

#BB8D36 #36BB8D #8D36BB

tetradic

#BB8D36 #36BB4A #3664BB #BB36A7

square

#BB8D36 #36BB4A #3664BB #BB36A7

split-complementary

#BB8D36 #36A7BB #4A36BB

monochromatic

#5C451B #8C6928 #BB8D36 #D0A95E #DEC28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D36

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D36	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.116 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae72',
    500: '#bb8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d36;
$custom-light: #d4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.248,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67178,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D36

secondary

#849CC9

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D36

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

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