#BB8E20#BB8E20

#BB8E20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.129 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E20
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 7.27, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 60.16, 83.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0133 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.129 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4293, 30.0174, 5.5575)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E20 #204DBB

analogous

#BB4120 #BB8E20 #9ABB20

triadic

#BB8E20 #20BB8E #8E20BB

tetradic

#BB8E20 #20BB41 #204DBB #BB209A

square

#BB8E20 #20BB41 #204DBB #BB209A

split-complementary

#BB8E20 #209ABB #4120BB

monochromatic

#523F0E #876617 #BB8E20 #DDAE3B #E6C46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BB8E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E20

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E20	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)

#A18E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.129 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae66',
    500: '#bb8e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e20;
$custom-light: #d5ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67224,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E20

secondary

#6A87CD

accent

#6EEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E20

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

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