#BB8E33#BB8E33

#BB8E33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.119 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E33
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, 8.02, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 53.36, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0176 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.119 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7660, 30.1521, 7.3308)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E33 #3360BB

analogous

#BB4A33 #BB8E33 #A4BB33

triadic

#BB8E33 #33BB8E #8E33BB

tetradic

#BB8E33 #33BB4A #3360BB #BB33A4

square

#BB8E33 #33BB4A #3360BB #BB33A4

split-complementary

#BB8E33 #33A4BB #4A33BB

monochromatic

#5B4519 #8B6926 #BB8E33 #D2AA59 #DFC389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BB8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E33

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E33	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)

#A08F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.119 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae70',
    500: '#bb8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e33;
$custom-light: #d4ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67352,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E33

secondary

#8199C9

accent

#7AE047

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E33

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

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