#BB8E29#BB8E29

#BB8E29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E29
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 7.58, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 57.18, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.0151 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.125 83)
XYZ	xyz(30.5688, 30.0732, 6.2921)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E29 #2956BB

analogous

#BB4529 #BB8E29 #9FBB29

triadic

#BB8E29 #29BB8E #8E29BB

tetradic

#BB8E29 #29BB45 #2956BB #BB299F

square

#BB8E29 #29BB45 #2956BB #BB299F

split-complementary

#BB8E29 #299FBB #4529BB

monochromatic

#574213 #89681E #BB8E29 #D7AC4A #E2C37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BB8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E29

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E29	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	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)

#A18E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6b',
    500: '#bb8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e29;
$custom-light: #d4ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67277,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.30071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E29

secondary

#7590CB

accent

#74E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E29

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

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