#BB8E2F#BB8E2F

#BB8E2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.121 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E2F
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 7.84, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 54.94, 81.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0166 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.121 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6816, 30.1183, 6.8862)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E2F #2F5CBB

analogous

#BB482F #BB8E2F #A2BB2F

triadic

#BB8E2F #2FBB8E #8E2FBB

tetradic

#BB8E2F #2FBB48 #2F5CBB #BB2FA2

square

#BB8E2F #2FBB48 #2F5CBB #BB2FA2

split-complementary

#BB8E2F #2FA2BB #482FBB

monochromatic

#594416 #8A6923 #BB8E2F #D4AB53 #E0C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BB8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E2F

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E2F	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)

#A18E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.121 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6e',
    500: '#bb8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e2f;
$custom-light: #d4ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6732,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E2F

secondary

#7C95C9

accent

#78E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E2F

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

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