#BB8C31#BB8C31

#BB8C31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.119 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C31
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 9.03, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 53.83, 80.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0203 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.119 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4280, 29.5450, 7.0053)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C31 #3160BB

analogous

#BB4731 #BB8C31 #A5BB31

triadic

#BB8C31 #31BB8C #8C31BB

tetradic

#BB8C31 #31BB47 #3160BB #BB31A5

square

#BB8C31 #31BB47 #3160BB #BB31A5

split-complementary

#BB8C31 #31A5BB #4731BB

monochromatic

#5A4318 #8B6824 #BB8C31 #D3A856 #E0C187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BB8C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BB8C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C31

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C31	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)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.119 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad6f',
    500: '#bb8c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c31;
$custom-light: #d4ad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66936,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C31

secondary

#7F98C9

accent

#7BE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C31

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

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