#BB8C1E#BB8C1E

#BB8C1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.129 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C1E
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 8.31, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 60.47, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0161 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.129 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1080, 29.4170, 5.3204)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C1E #1E4DBB

analogous

#BB3D1E #BB8C1E #9CBB1E

triadic

#BB8C1E #1EBB8C #8C1EBB

tetradic

#BB8C1E #1EBB3D #1E4DBB #BB1E9C

square

#BB8C1E #1EBB3D #1E4DBB #BB1E9C

split-complementary

#BB8C1E #1E9CBB #3D1EBB

monochromatic

#523D0D #866516 #BB8C1E #DFAD37 #E7C26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BB8C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C1E

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C1E	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.129 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad65',
    500: '#bb8c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c1e;
$custom-light: #d5ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66812,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C1E

secondary

#6786CD

accent

#6FEF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C1E

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

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