#BB712B#BB712B

#BB712B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.125 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB712B
RGB	rgb(187, 113, 43)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 23.68, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 54.48, 64.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.0625 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.125 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8369, 22.5522, 5.2247)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB712B #2B75BB

analogous

#BB2B2D #BB712B #BBB92B

triadic

#BB712B #2BBB71 #712BBB

tetradic

#BB712B #2DBB2B #2B75BB #B92BBB

square

#BB712B #2DBB2B #2B75BB #B92BBB

split-complementary

#BB712B #2BBBB9 #2B2DBB

monochromatic

#573514 #895320 #BB712B #D6904D #E2AF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BB712B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#BB712B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB712B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB712B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB712B	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb712b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 113, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.125 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59a69',
    500: '#bb712b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb712b;
$custom-light: #d59a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb712b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.167,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61743,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB712B

secondary

#78A2CA

accent

#96E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB712B

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

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