#BB9226#BB9226

#BB9226 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.128 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9226
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 38)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 79.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 5.28, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 58.92, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0082 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.128 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1242, 31.2647, 6.2287)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9226 #264FBB

analogous

#BB4826 #BB9226 #9ABB26

triadic

#BB9226 #26BB92 #9226BB

tetradic

#BB9226 #26BB48 #264FBB #BB269A

square

#BB9226 #26BB48 #264FBB #BB269A

split-complementary

#BB9226 #269ABB #4826BB

monochromatic

#554311 #886A1C #BB9226 #D9B045 #E4C678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB9226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BB9226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9226

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9226	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)

#A5910F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.128 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b16a',
    500: '#bb9226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9226;
$custom-light: #d4b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.49,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68068,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9226

secondary

#728ACB

accent

#6EE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EB

border

#D4CFC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9226

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

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