#BB8C2B#BB8C2B

#BB8C2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.123 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C2B
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 8.76, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 56.13, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0188 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.123 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3097, 29.4977, 6.3823)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C2B #2B5ABB

analogous

#BB442B #BB8C2B #A2BB2B

triadic

#BB8C2B #2BBB8C #8C2BBB

tetradic

#BB8C2B #2BBB44 #2B5ABB #BB2BA2

square

#BB8C2B #2BBB44 #2B5ABB #BB2BA2

split-complementary

#BB8C2B #2BA2BB #442BBB

monochromatic

#574114 #896720 #BB8C2B #D6A94D #E2C17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BB8C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C2B

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C2B	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.123 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad6c',
    500: '#bb8c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c2b;
$custom-light: #d4ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6689,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C2B

secondary

#7893CA

accent

#78E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C2B

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

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