#BB8E40#BB8E40

#BB8E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E40
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 8.75, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 47.81, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0214 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.11 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0938, 30.2832, 9.0570)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E40 #406DBB

analogous

#BB5140 #BB8E40 #ABBB40

triadic

#BB8E40 #40BB8E #8E40BB

tetradic

#BB8E40 #40BB51 #406DBB #BB40AB

square

#BB8E40 #40BB51 #406DBB #BB40AB

split-complementary

#BB8E40 #40ABBB #5140BB

monochromatic

#604921 #8D6B30 #BB8E40 #CDA96C #DCC499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BB8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E40

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E40	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae78',
    500: '#bb8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e40;
$custom-light: #d3ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67477,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E40

secondary

#8FA4C8

accent

#81D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E40

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

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