#BB8928#BB8928

#BB8928 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.124 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8928
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 10.29, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 56.80, 79.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0229 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.124 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8243, 28.6117, 5.9589)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8928 #285ABB

analogous

#BB4028 #BB8928 #A4BB28

triadic

#BB8928 #28BB89 #8928BB

tetradic

#BB8928 #28BB40 #285ABB #BB28A4

square

#BB8928 #28BB40 #285ABB #BB28A4

split-complementary

#BB8928 #28A4BB #4028BB

monochromatic

#563F12 #89641D #BB8928 #D8A748 #E3BF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BB8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8928

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8928	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.124 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6a',
    500: '#bb8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8928;
$custom-light: #d4ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66272,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8928

secondary

#7492CB

accent

#79E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8928

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

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