#BB8A20#BB8A20

#BB8A20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A20
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 9.47, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 59.60, 80.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0196 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.128 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8448, 28.8484, 5.3627)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A20 #2051BB

analogous

#BB3C20 #BB8A20 #9EBB20

triadic

#BB8A20 #20BB8A #8A20BB

tetradic

#BB8A20 #20BB3C #2051BB #BB209E

square

#BB8A20 #20BB3C #2051BB #BB209E

split-complementary

#BB8A20 #209EBB #3C20BB

monochromatic

#523D0E #876317 #BB8A20 #DDAA3B #E6C16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A20

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A20	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab66',
    500: '#bb8a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a20;
$custom-light: #d5ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.032,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66423,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A20

secondary

#6A89CD

accent

#73EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A20

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

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