#BB9538#BB9538

#BB9538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9538
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 4.45, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 52.67, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0079 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.118 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9566, 32.3473, 8.3011)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9538 #385EBB

analogous

#BB5338 #BB9538 #A0BB38

triadic

#BB9538 #38BB95 #9538BB

tetradic

#BB9538 #38BB53 #385EBB #BB38A0

square

#BB9538 #38BB53 #385EBB #BB38A0

split-complementary

#BB9538 #38A0BB #5338BB

monochromatic

#5D4A1C #8C6F2A #BB9538 #D0AF61 #DEC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9538

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9538	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b374',
    500: '#bb9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9538;
$custom-light: #d3b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68813,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9538

secondary

#869AC8

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9538

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

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