#BB8F35#BB8F35

#BB8F35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F35
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 7.58, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 52.72, 81.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.0166 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.118 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9605, 30.4690, 7.6179)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F35 #3561BB

analogous

#BB4C35 #BB8F35 #A4BB35

triadic

#BB8F35 #35BB8F #8F35BB

tetradic

#BB8F35 #35BB4C #3561BB #BB35A4

square

#BB8F35 #35BB4C #3561BB #BB35A4

split-complementary

#BB8F35 #35A4BB #4C35BB

monochromatic

#5C461A #8B6B27 #BB8F35 #D1AB5C #DEC38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BB8F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F35

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F35	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af71',
    500: '#bb8f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f35;
$custom-light: #d4af71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6757,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F35

secondary

#839AC9

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F35

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

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