#BB9228#BB9228

#BB9228 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9228
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 5.35, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 58.23, 84.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0086 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.126 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1574, 31.2780, 6.4033)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9228 #2851BB

analogous

#BB4828 #BB9228 #9BBB28

triadic

#BB9228 #28BB92 #9228BB

tetradic

#BB9228 #28BB48 #2851BB #BB289B

square

#BB9228 #28BB48 #2851BB #BB289B

split-complementary

#BB9228 #289BBB #4828BB

monochromatic

#564312 #896B1D #BB9228 #D8B048 #E3C67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#BB9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9228

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9228	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b16b',
    500: '#bb9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9228;
$custom-light: #d4b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.265,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6808,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9228

secondary

#748CCB

accent

#6FE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9228

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

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