#BB8E28#BB8E28

#BB8E28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8E28
RGB	rgb(187, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 7.54, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 57.53, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0149 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.125 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5515, 30.0663, 6.2013)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8E28 #2855BB

analogous

#BB4528 #BB8E28 #9FBB28

triadic

#BB8E28 #28BB8E #8E28BB

tetradic

#BB8E28 #28BB45 #2855BB #BB289F

square

#BB8E28 #28BB45 #2855BB #BB289F

split-complementary

#BB8E28 #289FBB #4528BB

monochromatic

#564112 #89681D #BB8E28 #D8AC48 #E3C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BB8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BB8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8E28

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8E28	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae6a',
    500: '#bb8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8e28;
$custom-light: #d4ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67271,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8E28

secondary

#748FCB

accent

#73E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8E28

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

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