#BB8E2C#BB8E2C

#BB8E2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.123 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E2C
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 7.70, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 56.08, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0158 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.123 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6231, 30.0949, 6.5784)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E2C #2C59BB

analogous

#BB462C #BB8E2C #A0BB2C

triadic

#BB8E2C #2CBB8E #8E2CBB

tetradic

#BB8E2C #2CBB46 #2C59BB #BB2CA0

square

#BB8E2C #2CBB46 #2C59BB #BB2CA0

split-complementary

#BB8E2C #2CA0BB #462CBB

monochromatic

#584315 #896820 #BB8E2C #D6AB4F #E1C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BB8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E2C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E2C	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)

#A18E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.123 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6c',
    500: '#bb8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e2c;
$custom-light: #d4ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.119,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67298,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E2C

secondary

#7992CA

accent

#76E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E2C

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

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