#BB9338#BB9338

#BB9338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9338
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 5.54, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 52.25, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.011 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.117 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6429, 31.7199, 8.1965)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9338 #3860BB

analogous

#BB5138 #BB9338 #A2BB38

triadic

#BB9338 #38BB93 #9338BB

tetradic

#BB9338 #38BB51 #3860BB #BB38A2

square

#BB9338 #38BB51 #3860BB #BB38A2

split-complementary

#BB9338 #38A2BB #5138BB

monochromatic

#5D491C #8C6E2A #BB9338 #D0AE61 #DEC690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BB9338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9338

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9338	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b273',
    500: '#bb9338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9338;
$custom-light: #d3b273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68406,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9338

secondary

#869BC8

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9338

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

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