#BB8D1B#BB8D1B

#BB8D1B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.131 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D1B
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 85.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 7.67, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 61.46, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.014 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.131 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2183, 29.6960, 5.1771)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D1B #1B49BB

analogous

#BB3D1B #BB8D1B #99BB1B

triadic

#BB8D1B #1BBB8D #8D1BBB

tetradic

#BB8D1B #1BBB3D #1B49BB #BB1B99

square

#BB8D1B #1BBB3D #1B49BB #BB1B99

split-complementary

#BB8D1B #1B99BB #3D1BBB

monochromatic

#503C0C #866513 #BB8D1B #E1AF32 #E9C467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BB8D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D1B

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D1B	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.131 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae64',
    500: '#bb8d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d1b;
$custom-light: #d5ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.75,
    "s": 74.766,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66999,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D1B

secondary

#6382CE

accent

#6CF136

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D1B

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

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