#BB8E1A#BB8E1A

#BB8E1A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.131 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E1A
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 26)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 86%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 86.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 7.10, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 61.87, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0123 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.131 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3551, 29.9877, 5.1665)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E1A #1A47BB

analogous

#BB3E1A #BB8E1A #98BB1A

triadic

#BB8E1A #1ABB8E #8E1ABB

tetradic

#BB8E1A #1ABB3E #1A47BB #BB1A98

square

#BB8E1A #1ABB3E #1A47BB #BB1A98

split-complementary

#BB8E1A #1A98BB #3E1ABB

monochromatic

#503C0B #856513 #BB8E1A #E2B030 #EAC566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E1A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E1A	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.131 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae64',
    500: '#bb8e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e1a;
$custom-light: #d5ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67196,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E1A

secondary

#6280CF

accent

#6AF236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E1A

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

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