#BB8B20#BB8B20

#BB8B20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.128 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B20
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(41, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 8.92, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 59.73, 81.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.018 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.128 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9889, 29.1367, 5.4107)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B20 #2050BB

analogous

#BB3D20 #BB8B20 #9EBB20

triadic

#BB8B20 #20BB8B #8B20BB

tetradic

#BB8B20 #20BB3D #2050BB #BB209E

square

#BB8B20 #20BB3D #2050BB #BB209E

split-complementary

#BB8B20 #209EBB #3D20BB

monochromatic

#523D0E #876417 #BB8B20 #DDAB3B #E6C16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BB8B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BB8B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B20

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B20	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.128 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac66',
    500: '#bb8b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b20;
$custom-light: #d5ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66623,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B20

secondary

#6A89CD

accent

#72EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B20

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

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