#BB8F38#BB8F38

#BB8F38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.116 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F38
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 7.73, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 51.47, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0174 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.116 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0317, 30.4975, 7.9928)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F38 #3864BB

analogous

#BB4D38 #BB8F38 #A6BB38

triadic

#BB8F38 #38BB8F #8F38BB

tetradic

#BB8F38 #38BB4D #3864BB #BB38A6

square

#BB8F38 #38BB4D #3864BB #BB38A6

split-complementary

#BB8F38 #38A6BB #4D38BB

monochromatic

#5D471C #8C6B2A #BB8F38 #D0AA61 #DEC390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BB8F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BB8F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F38

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F38	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)

#A1902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.116 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af73',
    500: '#bb8f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f38;
$custom-light: #d3af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.847,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67597,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F38

secondary

#869DC8

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F38

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

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