#BB8E41#BB8E41

#BB8E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E41
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 8.82, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 47.36, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0218 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.109 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1225, 30.2946, 9.2083)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E41 #416EBB

analogous

#BB5141 #BB8E41 #ABBB41

triadic

#BB8E41 #41BB8E #8E41BB

tetradic

#BB8E41 #41BB51 #416EBB #BB41AB

square

#BB8E41 #41BB51 #416EBB #BB41AB

split-complementary

#BB8E41 #41ABBB #5141BB

monochromatic

#604921 #8E6C31 #BB8E41 #CCA96D #DCC49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BB8E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BB8E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E41

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E41	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)

#A08F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae79',
    500: '#bb8e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e41;
$custom-light: #d3ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.869,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67488,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E41

secondary

#90A5C8

accent

#82D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E41

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

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