#BB8C24#BB8C24

#BB8C24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.126 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C24
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 36)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 8.50, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 58.59, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0172 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.126 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1921, 29.4507, 5.7631)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C24 #2453BB

analogous

#BB4124 #BB8C24 #9EBB24

triadic

#BB8C24 #24BB8C #8C24BB

tetradic

#BB8C24 #24BB41 #2453BB #BB249E

square

#BB8C24 #24BB41 #2453BB #BB249E

split-complementary

#BB8C24 #249EBB #4124BB

monochromatic

#543F10 #88661A #BB8C24 #DBAB42 #E4C275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C24

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C24	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)

#9F8D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.126 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad68',
    500: '#bb8c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c24;
$custom-light: #d4ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.325,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66845,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C24

secondary

#6F8CCC

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C24

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

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