#BB8D2E#BB8D2E

#BB8D2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.121 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8D2E
RGB	rgb(187, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 8.34, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 55.16, 81.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0179 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.121 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5135, 29.8141, 6.7318)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8D2E #2E5CBB

analogous

#BB472E #BB8D2E #A2BB2E

triadic

#BB8D2E #2EBB8D #8D2EBB

tetradic

#BB8D2E #2EBB47 #2E5CBB #BB2EA2

square

#BB8D2E #2EBB47 #2E5CBB #BB2EA2

split-complementary

#BB8D2E #2EA2BB #472EBB

monochromatic

#594316 #8A6822 #BB8D2E #D4AA52 #E0C283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BB8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8D2E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8D2E	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)

#A08E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.121 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6d',
    500: '#bb8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8d2e;
$custom-light: #d4ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67112,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8D2E

secondary

#7B95CA

accent

#78E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8D2E

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

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