#BB8229#BB8229

#BB8229 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.122 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8229
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 78.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, 14.20, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 55.67, 75.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0343 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.122 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8785, 26.6927, 5.7287)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8229 #2962BB

analogous

#BB3929 #BB8229 #ABBB29

triadic

#BB8229 #29BB82 #8229BB

tetradic

#BB8229 #29BB39 #2962BB #BB29AB

square

#BB8229 #29BB39 #2962BB #BB29AB

split-complementary

#BB8229 #29ABBB #3929BB

monochromatic

#573C13 #895F1E #BB8229 #D7A04A #E2BA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB8229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#BB8229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8229

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8229	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.122 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a669',
    500: '#bb8229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8229;
$custom-light: #d5a669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.575,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64908,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8229

secondary

#7597CB

accent

#82E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8229

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

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