#BB8A2A#BB8A2A

#BB8A2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.123 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A2A
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 9.82, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 56.21, 79.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0217 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.123 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0020, 28.9113, 6.1903)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A2A #2A5BBB

analogous

#BB412A #BB8A2A #A4BB2A

triadic

#BB8A2A #2ABB8A #8A2ABB

tetradic

#BB8A2A #2ABB41 #2A5BBB #BB2AA4

square

#BB8A2A #2ABB41 #2A5BBB #BB2AA4

split-complementary

#BB8A2A #2AA4BB #412ABB

monochromatic

#574014 #89651F #BB8A2A #D7A84C #E2C07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BB8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A2A

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A2A	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.123 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6b',
    500: '#bb8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a2a;
$custom-light: #d4ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66484,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A2A

secondary

#7693CA

accent

#79E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A2A

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

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