#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
RGBrgb(187, 142, 40)
HSLhsl(42, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(42, 79%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(61.71, 7.54, 57.04)
CIE-LCHlch(61.71, 57.53, 82.47°)
OKLaboklab(67.27% 0.0149 0.1242)
OKLCHoklch(67.27% 0.125 83.2)
XYZxyz(30.5515, 30.0663, 6.2013)
Luminance0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##BB8E281.002.997.017.01
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0121.001.001.00
##0000007.0121.001.001.00

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

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#BB8E28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva