#BB8B2C#BB8B2C

#BB8B2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.122 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B2C
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 9.35, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 55.61, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0206 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.122 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1828, 29.2142, 6.4316)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B2C #2C5CBB

analogous

#BB432C #BB8B2C #A4BB2C

triadic

#BB8B2C #2CBB8B #8B2CBB

tetradic

#BB8B2C #2CBB43 #2C5CBB #BB2CA4

square

#BB8B2C #2CBB43 #2C5CBB #BB2CA4

split-complementary

#BB8B2C #2CA4BB #432CBB

monochromatic

#584115 #896620 #BB8B2C #D6A84F #E1C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BB8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B2C

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B2C	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)

#9E8C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.122 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac6c',
    500: '#bb8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b2c;
$custom-light: #d4ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66698,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B2C

secondary

#7994CA

accent

#79E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B2C

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

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