#BB8D39#BB8D39

#BB8D39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.114 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D39
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 8.89, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 50.69, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0209 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.114 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7588, 29.9122, 8.0237)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D39 #3967BB

analogous

#BB4C39 #BB8D39 #A8BB39

triadic

#BB8D39 #39BB8D #8D39BB

tetradic

#BB8D39 #39BB4C #3967BB #BB39A8

square

#BB8D39 #39BB4C #3967BB #BB39A8

split-complementary

#BB8D39 #39A8BB #4C39BB

monochromatic

#5D461C #8C6A2B #BB8D39 #CFA962 #DDC291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BB8D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BB8D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D39

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D39	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)

#9F8E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.114 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae74',
    500: '#bb8d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d39;
$custom-light: #d3ae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67206,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D39

secondary

#879EC8

accent

#7FDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D39

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

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