#BB801B#BB801B

#BB801B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.129 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB801B
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 86%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 85.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 14.85, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 60.12, 75.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0347 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.129 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4127, 26.0848, 4.5752)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB801B #1B56BB

analogous

#BB301B #BB801B #A6BB1B

triadic

#BB801B #1BBB80 #801BBB

tetradic

#BB801B #1BBB30 #1B56BB #BB1BA6

square

#BB801B #1BBB30 #1B56BB #BB1BA6

split-complementary

#BB801B #1BA6BB #301BBB

monochromatic

#50370C #865B13 #BB801B #E1A132 #E9B967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BB801B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#BB801B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB801B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB801B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB801B	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3911F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb801b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.129 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a463',
    500: '#bb801b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb801b;
$custom-light: #d5a463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb801b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.875,
    "s": 74.766,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64438,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB801B

secondary

#638BCE

accent

#7BF136

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB801B

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

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