#BB8E24#BB8E24

#BB8E24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.127 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB8E24
RGBrgb(187, 142, 36)
HSLhsl(42, 68%, 44%)
HSVhsv(42, 81%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.1%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.69, 7.40, 58.43)
CIE-LCHlch(61.69, 58.90, 82.78°)
OKLaboklab(67.25% 0.0141 0.1263)
OKLCHoklch(67.25% 0.127 83.6)
XYZxyz(30.4870, 30.0405, 5.8614)
Luminance0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB8E24 #2451BB
analogous
#BB4224 #BB8E24 #9CBB24
triadic
#BB8E24 #24BB8E #8E24BB
tetradic
#BB8E24 #24BB42 #2451BB #BB249C
square
#BB8E24 #24BB42 #2451BB #BB249C
split-complementary
#BB8E24 #249CBB #4224BB
monochromatic
#544010 #88671A #BB8E24 #DBAD42 #E4C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#BB8E24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01
#BB8E24 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E24
7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB8E24#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB8E241.003.007.017.01
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0121.001.001.00
##0000007.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A18E0C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9A2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB807A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.127 83.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae68',
    500: '#bb8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb8e24;
$custom-light: #d4ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67246,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB8E24
secondary
#6F8BCC
accent
#71EB3D
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EB
border
#D4CEC6
text
#151007
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

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#BB8E24 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva