#BB8E2B#BB8E2B

#BB8E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.123 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E2B
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 7.66, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 56.45, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.0156 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.123 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6046, 30.0875, 6.4806)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E2B #2B58BB

analogous

#BB462B #BB8E2B #A0BB2B

triadic

#BB8E2B #2BBB8E #8E2BBB

tetradic

#BB8E2B #2BBB46 #2B58BB #BB2BA0

square

#BB8E2B #2BBB46 #2B58BB #BB2BA0

split-complementary

#BB8E2B #2BA0BB #462BBB

monochromatic

#574214 #896820 #BB8E2B #D6AB4D #E2C37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BB8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E2B

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E2B	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.123 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6c',
    500: '#bb8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e2b;
$custom-light: #d4ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67291,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E2B

secondary

#7891CA

accent

#75E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E2B

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

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