#BB9238#BB9238

#BB9238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9238
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 6.09, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 52.04, 83.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0126 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.117 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4881, 31.4102, 8.1449)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9238 #3861BB

analogous

#BB5038 #BB9238 #A3BB38

triadic

#BB9238 #38BB92 #9238BB

tetradic

#BB9238 #38BB50 #3861BB #BB38A3

square

#BB9238 #38BB50 #3861BB #BB38A3

split-complementary

#BB9238 #38A3BB #5038BB

monochromatic

#5D481C #8C6D2A #BB9238 #D0AD61 #DEC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BB9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9238

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9238	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b173',
    500: '#bb9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9238;
$custom-light: #d3b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.221,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68203,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9238

secondary

#869BC8

accent

#78DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9238

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

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