#BB9224#BB9224

#BB9224 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9224
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(44, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 5.21, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 59.58, 84.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0078 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.129 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0928, 31.2521, 6.0634)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9224 #244DBB

analogous

#BB4724 #BB9224 #98BB24

triadic

#BB9224 #24BB92 #9224BB

tetradic

#BB9224 #24BB47 #244DBB #BB2498

square

#BB9224 #24BB47 #244DBB #BB2498

split-complementary

#BB9224 #2498BB #4724BB

monochromatic

#544210 #886A1A #BB9224 #DBB142 #E4C675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BB9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9224

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9224	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b169',
    500: '#bb9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9224;
$custom-light: #d4b169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68056,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9224

secondary

#6F88CC

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9224

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

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