#BB8929#BB8929

#BB8929 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.123 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8929
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 78.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 10.33, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 56.44, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0231 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.123 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8415, 28.6186, 6.0496)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8929 #295BBB

analogous

#BB4029 #BB8929 #A4BB29

triadic

#BB8929 #29BB89 #8929BB

tetradic

#BB8929 #29BB40 #295BBB #BB29A4

square

#BB8929 #29BB40 #295BBB #BB29A4

split-complementary

#BB8929 #29A4BB #4029BB

monochromatic

#573F13 #89641E #BB8929 #D7A74A #E2BF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BB8929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8929

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8929	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)

#9C8A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.123 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6a',
    500: '#bb8929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8929;
$custom-light: #d4ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66279,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8929

secondary

#7592CB

accent

#7AE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8929

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

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