#BB8F37#BB8F37

#BB8F37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.116 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F37
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 7.68, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 51.89, 81.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0171 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.116 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0075, 30.4878, 7.8653)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F37 #3763BB

analogous

#BB4D37 #BB8F37 #A5BB37

triadic

#BB8F37 #37BB8F #8F37BB

tetradic

#BB8F37 #37BB4D #3763BB #BB37A5

square

#BB8F37 #37BB4D #3763BB #BB37A5

split-complementary

#BB8F37 #37A5BB #4D37BB

monochromatic

#5C471B #8C6B29 #BB8F37 #D0AA5F #DEC38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BB8F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F37

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F37	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)

#A18F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.116 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af73',
    500: '#bb8f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f37;
$custom-light: #d4af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67588,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F37

secondary

#859CC9

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F37

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

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