#BB8F36#BB8F36

#BB8F36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F36
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 7.63, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 52.30, 81.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0168 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.117 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9837, 30.4783, 7.7403)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F36 #3662BB

analogous

#BB4C36 #BB8F36 #A5BB36

triadic

#BB8F36 #36BB8F #8F36BB

tetradic

#BB8F36 #36BB4C #3662BB #BB36A5

square

#BB8F36 #36BB4C #3662BB #BB36A5

split-complementary

#BB8F36 #36A5BB #4C36BB

monochromatic

#5C461B #8C6B28 #BB8F36 #D0AA5E #DEC38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BB8F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F36

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F36	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af72',
    500: '#bb8f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f36;
$custom-light: #d4af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67579,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F36

secondary

#849BC9

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F36

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

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