#BB8C27#BB8C27

#BB8C27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C27
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 8.60, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 57.57, 81.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0179 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.125 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2399, 29.4698, 6.0146)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C27 #2756BB

analogous

#BB4227 #BB8C27 #A0BB27

triadic

#BB8C27 #27BB8C #8C27BB

tetradic

#BB8C27 #27BB42 #2756BB #BB27A0

square

#BB8C27 #27BB42 #2756BB #BB27A0

split-complementary

#BB8C27 #27A0BB #4227BB

monochromatic

#564012 #88661C #BB8C27 #D9AA47 #E3C279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C27

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C27	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)

#9F8D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad69',
    500: '#bb8c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c27;
$custom-light: #d4ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66863,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C27

secondary

#738FCB

accent

#75E83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C27

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

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