#BB8C28#BB8C28

#BB8C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8C28
RGB	rgb(187, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 8.64, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 57.22, 81.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0181 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.124 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2566, 29.4765, 6.1030)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8C28 #2857BB

analogous

#BB4228 #BB8C28 #A1BB28

triadic

#BB8C28 #28BB8C #8C28BB

tetradic

#BB8C28 #28BB42 #2857BB #BB28A1

square

#BB8C28 #28BB42 #2857BB #BB28A1

split-complementary

#BB8C28 #28A1BB #4228BB

monochromatic

#564112 #89661D #BB8C28 #D8AA48 #E3C17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BB8C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BB8C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8C28

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8C28	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ad6a',
    500: '#bb8c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8c28;
$custom-light: #d4ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6687,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8C28

secondary

#7490CB

accent

#76E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8C28

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

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