#BB8E37#BB8E37

#BB8E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.116 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E37
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 8.23, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 51.71, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0187 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.116 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8580, 30.1889, 7.8155)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E37 #3764BB

analogous

#BB4C37 #BB8E37 #A6BB37

triadic

#BB8E37 #37BB8E #8E37BB

tetradic

#BB8E37 #37BB4C #3764BB #BB37A6

square

#BB8E37 #37BB4C #3764BB #BB37A6

split-complementary

#BB8E37 #37A6BB #4C37BB

monochromatic

#5C461B #8C6A29 #BB8E37 #D0AA5F #DEC38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BB8E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E37

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E37	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)

#A08F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.116 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae72',
    500: '#bb8e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e37;
$custom-light: #d4ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67387,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E37

secondary

#859CC9

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E37

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

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