#BB8D1E#BB8D1E

#BB8D1E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.129 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D1E
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 7.76, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 60.61, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0145 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.129 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2548, 29.7106, 5.3693)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D1E #1E4CBB

analogous

#BB3E1E #BB8D1E #9BBB1E

triadic

#BB8D1E #1EBB8D #8D1EBB

tetradic

#BB8D1E #1EBB3E #1E4CBB #BB1E9B

square

#BB8D1E #1EBB3E #1E4CBB #BB1E9B

split-complementary

#BB8D1E #1E9BBB #3E1EBB

monochromatic

#523D0D #866516 #BB8D1E #DFAE37 #E7C36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BB8D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D1E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D1E	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)

#AB9925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.129 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae65',
    500: '#bb8d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d1e;
$custom-light: #d5ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67013,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D1E

secondary

#6785CD

accent

#6EEF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D1E

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

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