#BB8A28#BB8A28

#BB8A28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.124 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8A28
RGB	rgb(187, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 9.74, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 56.93, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0213 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.124 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9671, 28.8973, 6.0065)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8A28 #2859BB

analogous

#BB4128 #BB8A28 #A3BB28

triadic

#BB8A28 #28BB8A #8A28BB

tetradic

#BB8A28 #28BB41 #2859BB #BB28A3

square

#BB8A28 #28BB41 #2859BB #BB28A3

split-complementary

#BB8A28 #28A3BB #4128BB

monochromatic

#564012 #89651D #BB8A28 #D8A848 #E3C07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BB8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8A28

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8A28	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.124 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab6a',
    500: '#bb8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8a28;
$custom-light: #d4ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66471,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8A28

secondary

#7491CB

accent

#78E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8A28

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

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