#BB8F27#BB8F27

#BB8F27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.126 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8F27
RGB	rgb(187, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 6.96, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 58.05, 83.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0131 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.126 84)
XYZ	xyz(30.6842, 30.3585, 6.1627)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8F27 #2753BB

analogous

#BB4527 #BB8F27 #9DBB27

triadic

#BB8F27 #27BB8F #8F27BB

tetradic

#BB8F27 #27BB45 #2753BB #BB279D

square

#BB8F27 #27BB45 #2753BB #BB279D

split-complementary

#BB8F27 #279DBB #4527BB

monochromatic

#564212 #88681C #BB8F27 #D9AD47 #E3C479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BB8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BB8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8F27

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8F27	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.126 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af6a',
    500: '#bb8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8f27;
$custom-light: #d4af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67466,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.30356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8F27

secondary

#738DCB

accent

#72E83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8F27

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

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