#BB8C2E#BB8C2E

#BB8C2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.121 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C2E
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 8.89, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 55.00, 80.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0195 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.121 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3667, 29.5205, 6.6829)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C2E #2E5DBB

analogous

#BB452E #BB8C2E #A3BB2E

triadic

#BB8C2E #2EBB8C #8C2EBB

tetradic

#BB8C2E #2EBB45 #2E5DBB #BB2EA3

square

#BB8C2E #2EBB45 #2E5DBB #BB2EA3

split-complementary

#BB8C2E #2EA3BB #452EBB

monochromatic

#594216 #8A6722 #BB8C2E #D4A952 #E0C183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BB8C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C2E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C2E	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)

#9F8D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.121 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad6d',
    500: '#bb8c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c2e;
$custom-light: #d4ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66912,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C2E

secondary

#7B95CA

accent

#79E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C2E

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

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