#BB9524#BB9524

#BB9524 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9524
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 3.57, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 60.15, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0031 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.13 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5614, 32.1892, 6.2195)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9524 #244ABB

analogous

#BB4A24 #BB9524 #95BB24

triadic

#BB9524 #24BB95 #9524BB

tetradic

#BB9524 #24BB4A #244ABB #BB2495

square

#BB9524 #24BB4A #244ABB #BB2495

split-complementary

#BB9524 #2495BB #4A24BB

monochromatic

#544310 #886C1A #BB9524 #DBB442 #E4C875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BB9524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#BB9524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9524

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9524	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b369',
    500: '#bb9524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9524;
$custom-light: #d4b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.901,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68669,
    "c": 0.1298,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9524

secondary

#6F86CC

accent

#69EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9524

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

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