#BB8B2E#BB8B2E

#BB8B2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.121 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8B2E
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 9.44, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 54.85, 80.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0211 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.121 80)
XYZ	xyz(30.2213, 29.2296, 6.6344)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8B2E #2E5EBB

analogous

#BB442E #BB8B2E #A5BB2E

triadic

#BB8B2E #2EBB8B #8B2EBB

tetradic

#BB8B2E #2EBB44 #2E5EBB #BB2EA5

square

#BB8B2E #2EBB44 #2E5EBB #BB2EA5

split-complementary

#BB8B2E #2EA5BB #442EBB

monochromatic

#594216 #8A6622 #BB8B2E #D4A852 #E0C183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BB8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BB8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8B2E

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8B2E	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.121 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac6d',
    500: '#bb8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8b2e;
$custom-light: #d4ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66713,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.29227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8B2E

secondary

#7B96CA

accent

#7AE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8B2E

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

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