#BB8E36#BB8E36

#BB8E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E36
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 8.18, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 52.13, 80.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0184 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.117 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8343, 30.1794, 7.6905)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E36 #3663BB

analogous

#BB4B36 #BB8E36 #A6BB36

triadic

#BB8E36 #36BB8E #8E36BB

tetradic

#BB8E36 #36BB4B #3663BB #BB36A6

square

#BB8E36 #36BB4B #3663BB #BB36A6

split-complementary

#BB8E36 #36A6BB #4B36BB

monochromatic

#5C461B #8C6A28 #BB8E36 #D0AA5E #DEC38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BB8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E36

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E36	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae72',
    500: '#bb8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e36;
$custom-light: #d4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67378,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E36

secondary

#849BC9

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E36

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

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