#BB9038#BB9038

#BB9038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.116 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9038
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 7.19, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 51.65, 82.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0158 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.116 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1825, 30.7990, 8.0431)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9038 #3863BB

analogous

#BB4E38 #BB9038 #A5BB38

triadic

#BB9038 #38BB90 #9038BB

tetradic

#BB9038 #38BB4E #3863BB #BB38A5

square

#BB9038 #38BB4E #3863BB #BB38A5

split-complementary

#BB9038 #38A5BB #4E38BB

monochromatic

#5D471C #8C6C2A #BB9038 #D0AB61 #DEC490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BB9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9038

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9038	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.116 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b073',
    500: '#bb9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9038;
$custom-light: #d3b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67798,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9038

secondary

#869CC8

accent

#7BDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9038

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

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