#BB8D2C#BB8D2C

#BB8D2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.123 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D2C
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 8.25, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 55.92, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0174 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.123 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4750, 29.7987, 6.5290)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D2C #2C5ABB

analogous

#BB452C #BB8D2C #A2BB2C

triadic

#BB8D2C #2CBB8D #8D2CBB

tetradic

#BB8D2C #2CBB45 #2C5ABB #BB2CA2

square

#BB8D2C #2CBB45 #2C5ABB #BB2CA2

split-complementary

#BB8D2C #2CA2BB #452CBB

monochromatic

#584215 #896820 #BB8D2C #D6AA4F #E1C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BB8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D2C

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D2C	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.123 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6c',
    500: '#bb8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d2c;
$custom-light: #d4ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.699,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67097,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D2C

secondary

#7993CA

accent

#77E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D2C

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

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