#BB8F40#BB8F40

#BB8F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.110 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F40
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 8.20, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 47.99, 80.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0198 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.11 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2432, 30.5821, 9.1069)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F40 #406CBB

analogous

#BB5240 #BB8F40 #AABB40

triadic

#BB8F40 #40BB8F #8F40BB

tetradic

#BB8F40 #40BB52 #406CBB #BB40AA

square

#BB8F40 #40BB52 #406CBB #BB40AA

split-complementary

#BB8F40 #40AABB #5240BB

monochromatic

#604921 #8D6C30 #BB8F40 #CDAA6C #DCC499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BB8F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BB8F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F40

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F40	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.110 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3af78',
    500: '#bb8f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f40;
$custom-light: #d3af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67677,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F40

secondary

#8FA3C8

accent

#80D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F40

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

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