#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
RGBrgb(187, 140, 40)
HSLhsl(41, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(41, 79%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.1%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.20, 8.64, 56.56)
CIE-LCHlch(61.20, 57.22, 81.31°)
OKLaboklab(66.87% 0.0181 0.1231)
OKLCHoklch(66.87% 0.124 81.7)
XYZxyz(30.2566, 29.4765, 6.1030)
Luminance0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BB8C281.003.056.896.89
#FFFFFF3.051.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8921.001.001.00
##0000006.8921.001.001.00

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

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#BB8C28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva