#BB8A2C#BB8A2C

#BB8A2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.122 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A2C
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 9.91, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 55.47, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% 0.0222 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.122 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0387, 28.9259, 6.3836)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A2C #2C5DBB

analogous

#BB432C #BB8A2C #A4BB2C

triadic

#BB8A2C #2CBB8A #8A2CBB

tetradic

#BB8A2C #2CBB43 #2C5DBB #BB2CA4

square

#BB8A2C #2CBB43 #2C5DBB #BB2CA4

split-complementary

#BB8A2C #2CA4BB #432CBB

monochromatic

#584115 #896520 #BB8A2C #D6A74F #E1C080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BB8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A2C

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A2C	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)

#9D8B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.122 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6c',
    500: '#bb8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a2c;
$custom-light: #d4ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66499,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A2C

secondary

#7995CA

accent

#7AE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A2C

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

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