#BB9838#BB9838

#BB9838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9838
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 2.82, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 53.37, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0032 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.119 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4374, 33.3088, 8.4614)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9838 #385BBB

analogous

#BB5638 #BB9838 #9DBB38

triadic

#BB9838 #38BB98 #9838BB

tetradic

#BB9838 #38BB56 #385BBB #BB389D

square

#BB9838 #38BB56 #385BBB #BB389D

split-complementary

#BB9838 #389DBB #5638BB

monochromatic

#5D4B1C #8C722A #BB9838 #D0B261 #DEC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9838

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9838	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b674',
    500: '#bb9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9838;
$custom-light: #d3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69428,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9838

secondary

#8698C8

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9838

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

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