#BB8D40#BB8D40

#BB8D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.109 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D40
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 9.30, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 47.64, 78.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.0231 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.109 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9457, 29.9869, 9.0077)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D40 #406EBB

analogous

#BB5040 #BB8D40 #ACBB40

triadic

#BB8D40 #40BB8D #8D40BB

tetradic

#BB8D40 #40BB50 #406EBB #BB40AC

square

#BB8D40 #40BB50 #406EBB #BB40AC

split-complementary

#BB8D40 #40ACBB #5040BB

monochromatic

#604821 #8D6B30 #BB8D40 #CDA86C #DCC399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D40

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D40	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.109 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae78',
    500: '#bb8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d40;
$custom-light: #d3ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.561,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67277,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D40

secondary

#8FA4C8

accent

#83D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D40

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

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