#BB8A22#BB8A22

#BB8A22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.127 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A22
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 9.53, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 58.97, 80.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.02 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.127 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8728, 28.8596, 5.5102)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A22 #2253BB

analogous

#BB3D22 #BB8A22 #9FBB22

triadic

#BB8A22 #22BB8A #8A22BB

tetradic

#BB8A22 #22BB3D #2253BB #BB229F

square

#BB8A22 #22BB3D #2253BB #BB229F

split-complementary

#BB8A22 #229FBB #3D22BB

monochromatic

#533E0F #876419 #BB8A22 #DCA93E #E5C072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A22

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A22	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)

#9E8B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.127 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab67',
    500: '#bb8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a22;
$custom-light: #d5ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.784,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66434,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A22

secondary

#6D8BCC

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A22

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

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