#BB8E31#BB8E31

#BB8E31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.120 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E31
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 7.93, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 54.16, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0171 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.12 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7229, 30.1348, 7.1036)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E31 #315EBB

analogous

#BB4931 #BB8E31 #A3BB31

triadic

#BB8E31 #31BB8E #8E31BB

tetradic

#BB8E31 #31BB49 #315EBB #BB31A3

square

#BB8E31 #31BB49 #315EBB #BB31A3

split-complementary

#BB8E31 #31A3BB #4931BB

monochromatic

#5A4418 #8B6924 #BB8E31 #D3AA56 #E0C387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BB8E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E31

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E31	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.120 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6f',
    500: '#bb8e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e31;
$custom-light: #d4ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67336,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E31

secondary

#7F97C9

accent

#79E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E31

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

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