#BB8E25#BB8E25

#BB8E25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E25
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 80.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 7.43, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 58.56, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0143 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.127 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5025, 30.0467, 5.9430)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E25 #2552BB

analogous

#BB4325 #BB8E25 #9DBB25

triadic

#BB8E25 #25BB8E #8E25BB

tetradic

#BB8E25 #25BB43 #2552BB #BB259D

square

#BB8E25 #25BB43 #2552BB #BB259D

split-complementary

#BB8E25 #259DBB #4325BB

monochromatic

#554011 #88671B #BB8E25 #DAAD43 #E4C376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BB8E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BB8E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E25

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E25	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)

#A18E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae69',
    500: '#bb8e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e25;
$custom-light: #d4ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 66.964,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67252,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E25

secondary

#708CCB

accent

#72EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E25

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

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