#BB8C2F#BB8C2F

#BB8C2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.121 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C2F
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 8.94, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 54.61, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0197 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.121 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3867, 29.5285, 6.7879)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C2F #2F5EBB

analogous

#BB462F #BB8C2F #A4BB2F

triadic

#BB8C2F #2FBB8C #8C2FBB

tetradic

#BB8C2F #2FBB46 #2F5EBB #BB2FA4

square

#BB8C2F #2FBB46 #2F5EBB #BB2FA4

split-complementary

#BB8C2F #2FA4BB #462FBB

monochromatic

#594316 #8A6723 #BB8C2F #D4A953 #E0C184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BB8C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C2F

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C2F	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.121 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad6e',
    500: '#bb8c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c2f;
$custom-light: #d4ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6692,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C2F

secondary

#7C96C9

accent

#7AE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C2F

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

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