#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
RGBrgb(187, 142, 37)
HSLhsl(42, 67%, 44%)
HSVhsv(42, 80%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.1%, 80.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.69, 7.43, 58.09)
CIE-LCHlch(61.69, 58.56, 82.71°)
OKLaboklab(67.25% 0.0143 0.1258)
OKLCHoklch(67.25% 0.127 83.5)
XYZxyz(30.5025, 30.0467, 5.9430)
Luminance0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##BB8E251.003.007.017.01
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0121.001.001.00
##0000007.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#BB8E25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva