#BB8B2A#BB8B2A

#BB8B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B2A
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 9.27, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 56.35, 80.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0201 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.123 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1461, 29.1995, 6.2384)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B2A #2A5ABB

analogous

#BB432A #BB8B2A #A3BB2A

triadic

#BB8B2A #2ABB8B #8B2ABB

tetradic

#BB8B2A #2ABB43 #2A5ABB #BB2AA3

square

#BB8B2A #2ABB43 #2A5ABB #BB2AA3

split-complementary

#BB8B2A #2AA3BB #432ABB

monochromatic

#574114 #89661F #BB8B2A #D7A94C #E2C17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B2A

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B2A	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)

#9E8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac6b',
    500: '#bb8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b2a;
$custom-light: #d4ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.138,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66683,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B2A

secondary

#7692CA

accent

#78E641

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B2A

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

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