#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
RGBrgb(187, 128, 27)
HSLhsl(38, 75%, 42%)
HSVhsv(38, 86%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.6%, 85.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.12, 14.85, 58.26)
CIE-LCHlch(58.12, 60.12, 75.70°)
OKLaboklab(64.44% 0.0347 0.1238)
OKLCHoklch(64.44% 0.129 74.3)
XYZxyz(28.4127, 26.0848, 4.5752)
Luminance0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##BB801B1.003.386.226.22
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2221.001.001.00
##0000006.2221.001.001.00

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

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#BB801B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva