#BB8C20#BB8C20

#BB8C20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.128 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C20
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 8.37, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 59.87, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0165 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.128 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1344, 29.4276, 5.4592)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C20 #204FBB

analogous

#BB3E20 #BB8C20 #9DBB20

triadic

#BB8C20 #20BB8C #8C20BB

tetradic

#BB8C20 #20BB3E #204FBB #BB209D

square

#BB8C20 #20BB3E #204FBB #BB209D

split-complementary

#BB8C20 #209DBB #3E20BB

monochromatic

#523E0E #876517 #BB8C20 #DDAC3B #E6C26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C20

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C20	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.128 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad66',
    500: '#bb8c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c20;
$custom-light: #d5ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66823,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C20

secondary

#6A88CD

accent

#71EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C20

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

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