#BB8A2F#BB8A2F

#BB8A2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A2F
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 10.04, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 54.32, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.0229 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.12 79)
XYZ	xyz(30.0971, 28.9493, 6.6914)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A2F #2F60BB

analogous

#BB442F #BB8A2F #A6BB2F

triadic

#BB8A2F #2FBB8A #8A2FBB

tetradic

#BB8A2F #2FBB44 #2F60BB #BB2FA6

square

#BB8A2F #2FBB44 #2F60BB #BB2FA6

split-complementary

#BB8A2F #2FA6BB #442FBB

monochromatic

#594216 #8A6623 #BB8A2F #D4A753 #E0C084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BB8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BB8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A2F

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A2F	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)

#9D8B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6e',
    500: '#bb8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a2f;
$custom-light: #d4ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66521,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.28947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A2F

secondary

#7C97C9

accent

#7CE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A2F

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

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