#BB8E35#BB8E35

#BB8E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E35
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 8.13, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 52.54, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0181 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.117 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8111, 30.1701, 7.5681)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E35 #3562BB

analogous

#BB4B35 #BB8E35 #A5BB35

triadic

#BB8E35 #35BB8E #8E35BB

tetradic

#BB8E35 #35BB4B #3562BB #BB35A5

square

#BB8E35 #35BB4B #3562BB #BB35A5

split-complementary

#BB8E35 #35A5BB #4B35BB

monochromatic

#5C461A #8B6A27 #BB8E35 #D1AA5C #DEC38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BB8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E35

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E35	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)

#A08F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae71',
    500: '#bb8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e35;
$custom-light: #d4ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67369,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E35

secondary

#839AC9

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E35

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

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