#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
RGBrgb(187, 140, 49)
HSLhsl(40, 58%, 46%)
HSVhsv(40, 74%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.1%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.26, 9.03, 53.07)
CIE-LCHlch(61.26, 53.83, 80.34°)
OKLaboklab(66.94% 0.0203 0.1176)
OKLCHoklch(66.94% 0.119 80.2)
XYZxyz(30.4280, 29.5450, 7.0053)
Luminance0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##BB8C311.003.046.916.91
#FFFFFF3.041.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9121.001.001.00
##0000006.9121.001.001.00

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

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#BB8C31 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva