#BB9138#BB9138

#BB9138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9138
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 6.64, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 51.84, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0142 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.116 83)
XYZ	xyz(31.3346, 31.1033, 8.0938)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9138 #3862BB

analogous

#BB4F38 #BB9138 #A4BB38

triadic

#BB9138 #38BB91 #9138BB

tetradic

#BB9138 #38BB4F #3862BB #BB38A4

square

#BB9138 #38BB4F #3862BB #BB38A4

split-complementary

#BB9138 #38A4BB #4F38BB

monochromatic

#5D481C #8C6C2A #BB9138 #D0AC61 #DEC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BB9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9138

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9138	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b173',
    500: '#bb9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9138;
$custom-light: #d3b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.763,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.31101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9138

secondary

#869CC8

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9138

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

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