#BB8E43#BB8E43

#BB8E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E43
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 8.95, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 46.46, 78.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0224 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.107 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1814, 30.3182, 9.5188)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E43 #4370BB

analogous

#BB5243 #BB8E43 #ACBB43

triadic

#BB8E43 #43BB8E #8E43BB

tetradic

#BB8E43 #43BB52 #4370BB #BB43AC

square

#BB8E43 #43BB52 #4370BB #BB43AC

split-complementary

#BB8E43 #43ACBB #5243BB

monochromatic

#614A23 #8E6C33 #BB8E43 #CCA970 #DCC49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BB8E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E43

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E43	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#9F8F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae7a',
    500: '#bb8e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e43;
$custom-light: #d3ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6751,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E43

secondary

#92A6C8

accent

#83D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E43

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

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