#BB8E32#BB8E32

#BB8E32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.119 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E32
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 7.98, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 53.76, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0173 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.119 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7442, 30.1433, 7.2160)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E32 #325FBB

analogous

#BB4A32 #BB8E32 #A4BB32

triadic

#BB8E32 #32BB8E #8E32BB

tetradic

#BB8E32 #32BB4A #325FBB #BB32A4

square

#BB8E32 #32BB4A #325FBB #BB32A4

split-complementary

#BB8E32 #32A4BB #4A32BB

monochromatic

#5A4518 #8B6925 #BB8E32 #D2AA58 #DFC388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BB8E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E32

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E32	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.119 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae70',
    500: '#bb8e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e32;
$custom-light: #d4ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67344,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E32

secondary

#8098C9

accent

#79E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E32

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

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