#BB8A2E#BB8A2E

#BB8A2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.121 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A2E
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 9.99, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 54.70, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0227 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.121 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0772, 28.9413, 6.5864)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A2E #2E5FBB

analogous

#BB432E #BB8A2E #A5BB2E

triadic

#BB8A2E #2EBB8A #8A2EBB

tetradic

#BB8A2E #2EBB43 #2E5FBB #BB2EA5

square

#BB8A2E #2EBB43 #2E5FBB #BB2EA5

split-complementary

#BB8A2E #2EA5BB #432EBB

monochromatic

#594216 #8A6622 #BB8A2E #D4A752 #E0C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BB8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A2E

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A2E	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.121 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6d',
    500: '#bb8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a2e;
$custom-light: #d4ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66514,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A2E

secondary

#7B96CA

accent

#7CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A2E

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

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