#BB8E39#BB8E39

#BB8E39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.115 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E39
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 8.34, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 50.86, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0193 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.115 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9069, 30.2084, 8.0731)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E39 #3966BB

analogous

#BB4D39 #BB8E39 #A7BB39

triadic

#BB8E39 #39BB8E #8E39BB

tetradic

#BB8E39 #39BB4D #3966BB #BB39A7

square

#BB8E39 #39BB4D #3966BB #BB39A7

split-complementary

#BB8E39 #39A7BB #4D39BB

monochromatic

#5D471C #8C6A2B #BB8E39 #CFA962 #DDC391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BB8E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E39

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E39	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)

#A08F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.115 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae74',
    500: '#bb8e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e39;
$custom-light: #d3ae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67406,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E39

secondary

#879EC8

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E39

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

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