#BB851E#BB851E

#BB851E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.128 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB851E
RGBrgb(187, 133, 30)
HSLhsl(39, 72%, 43%)
HSVhsv(39, 84%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.9%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(59.38, 12.17, 58.39)
CIE-LCHlch(59.38, 59.64, 78.23°)
OKLaboklab(65.43% 0.0272 0.1248)
OKLCHoklch(65.43% 0.128 77.7)
XYZxyz(29.1176, 27.4361, 4.9902)
Luminance0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB851E #1E54BB
analogous
#BB361E #BB851E #A2BB1E
triadic
#BB851E #1EBB85 #851EBB
tetradic
#BB851E #1EBB36 #1E54BB #BB1EA2
square
#BB851E #1EBB36 #1E54BB #BB1EA2
split-complementary
#BB851E #1EA2BB #361EBB
monochromatic
#523A0D #865F16 #BB851E #DFA537 #E7BD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24
#BB851E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49
#BB851E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB851E
6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB851E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB851E1.003.246.496.49
#FFFFFF3.241.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4921.001.001.00
##0000006.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#998701
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A69423
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC7672
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.128 77.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a864',
    500: '#bb851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb851e;
$custom-light: #d5a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.363,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65425,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB851E
secondary
#678ACD
accent
#77EF39
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EB
border
#D4CEC6
text
#150F06
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

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#BB851E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva