#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
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 7.40, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 58.90, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0141 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.127 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4870, 30.0405, 5.8614)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BB8E24	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BB8E24

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

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