#BB8D27#BB8D27

#BB8D27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.125 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D27
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 8.05, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 57.72, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.0163 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.125 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3866, 29.7633, 6.0635)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D27 #2755BB

analogous

#BB4327 #BB8D27 #9FBB27

triadic

#BB8D27 #27BB8D #8D27BB

tetradic

#BB8D27 #27BB43 #2755BB #BB279F

square

#BB8D27 #27BB43 #2755BB #BB279F

split-complementary

#BB8D27 #279FBB #4327BB

monochromatic

#564112 #88671C #BB8D27 #D9AB47 #E3C279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BB8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D27

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D27	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6a',
    500: '#bb8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d27;
$custom-light: #d4ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.351,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67064,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D27

secondary

#738ECB

accent

#74E83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D27

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

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