#BB8D38#BB8D38

#BB8D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D38
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 8.83, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 51.12, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0206 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.115 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7341, 29.9023, 7.8936)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D38 #3866BB

analogous

#BB4B38 #BB8D38 #A8BB38

triadic

#BB8D38 #38BB8D #8D38BB

tetradic

#BB8D38 #38BB4B #3866BB #BB38A8

square

#BB8D38 #38BB4B #3866BB #BB38A8

split-complementary

#BB8D38 #38A8BB #4B38BB

monochromatic

#5D461C #8C692A #BB8D38 #D0A961 #DEC290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D38

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D38	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)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae73',
    500: '#bb8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d38;
$custom-light: #d4ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.931,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67196,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D38

secondary

#869EC8

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D38

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

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