#BB8B27#BB8B27

#BB8B27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.125 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B27
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 9.15, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 57.42, 80.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.0194 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.125 81)
XYZ	xyz(30.0944, 29.1789, 5.9661)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B27 #2757BB

analogous

#BB4127 #BB8B27 #A1BB27

triadic

#BB8B27 #27BB8B #8B27BB

tetradic

#BB8B27 #27BB41 #2757BB #BB27A1

square

#BB8B27 #27BB41 #2757BB #BB27A1

split-complementary

#BB8B27 #27A1BB #4127BB

monochromatic

#564012 #88651C #BB8B27 #D9A947 #E3C179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B27

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B27	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.125 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac69',
    500: '#bb8b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b27;
$custom-light: #d4ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66663,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.29177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B27

secondary

#738FCB

accent

#76E83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B27

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

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