#BB8D3E#BB8D3E

#BB8D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB8D3E
RGBrgb(187, 141, 62)
HSLhsl(38, 50%, 49%)
HSVhsv(38, 67%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.6%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.62, 9.18, 47.65)
CIE-LCHlch(61.62, 48.52, 79.09°)
OKLaboklab(67.26% 0.0224 0.1085)
OKLCHoklch(67.26% 0.111 78.3)
XYZxyz(30.8898, 29.9646, 8.7133)
Luminance0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB8D3E #3E6CBB
analogous
#BB4F3E #BB8D3E #ABBB3E
triadic
#BB8D3E #3EBB8D #8D3EBB
tetradic
#BB8D3E #3EBB4F #3E6CBB #BB3EAB
square
#BB8D3E #3EBB4F #3E6CBB #BB3EAB
split-complementary
#BB8D3E #3EABBB #4F3EBB
monochromatic
#5F4820 #8D6A2F #BB8D3E #CDA869 #DCC397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#BB8D3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#BB8D3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D3E
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB8D3E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB8D3E1.003.006.996.99
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F8E35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9941
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB807C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 78.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae77',
    500: '#bb8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb8d3e;
$custom-light: #d3ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.92,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67256,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB8D3E
secondary
#8DA3C8
accent
#81DA4E
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151009
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BB8D3E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva