#BB8E1D#BB8E1D

#BB8E1D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.130 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E1D
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 29)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 84.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 7.18, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 61.05, 83.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0128 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.13 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3904, 30.0018, 5.3525)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E1D #1D4ABB

analogous

#BB3F1D #BB8E1D #99BB1D

triadic

#BB8E1D #1DBB8E #8E1DBB

tetradic

#BB8E1D #1DBB3F #1D4ABB #BB1D99

square

#BB8E1D #1DBB3F #1D4ABB #BB1D99

split-complementary

#BB8E1D #1D99BB #3F1DBB

monochromatic

#513E0D #866615 #BB8E1D #E0AF35 #E8C46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E1D

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E1D	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)

#AC9A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.130 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae65',
    500: '#bb8e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e1d;
$custom-light: #d5ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.911,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6721,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E1D

secondary

#6684CE

accent

#6CF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E1D

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

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