#BB8B1E#BB8B1E

#BB8B1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.129 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B1E
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 8.86, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 60.33, 81.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0177 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.129 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9626, 29.1261, 5.2719)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B1E #1E4EBB

analogous

#BB3C1E #BB8B1E #9CBB1E

triadic

#BB8B1E #1EBB8B #8B1EBB

tetradic

#BB8B1E #1EBB3C #1E4EBB #BB1E9C

square

#BB8B1E #1EBB3C #1E4EBB #BB1E9C

split-complementary

#BB8B1E #1E9CBB #3C1EBB

monochromatic

#523D0D #866416 #BB8B1E #DFAC37 #E7C26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BB8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B1E

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B1E	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.129 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac65',
    500: '#bb8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b1e;
$custom-light: #d5ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66612,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B1E

secondary

#6787CD

accent

#70EF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B1E

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

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