#BB9424#BB9424

#BB9424 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.129 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9424
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 4.12, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 59.95, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.0047 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.129 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4038, 31.8741, 6.1670)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9424 #244BBB

analogous

#BB4824 #BB9424 #96BB24

triadic

#BB9424 #24BB94 #9424BB

tetradic

#BB9424 #24BB48 #244BBB #BB2496

square

#BB9424 #24BB48 #244BBB #BB2496

split-complementary

#BB9424 #2496BB #4824BB

monochromatic

#544310 #886B1A #BB9424 #DBB342 #E4C875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB9424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BB9424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9424

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9424	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b369',
    500: '#bb9424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9424;
$custom-light: #d4b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68464,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9424

secondary

#6F87CC

accent

#6AEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EB

border

#D4CFC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9424

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

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