#BB7224#BB7224

#BB7224 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.127 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7224
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 36)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 22.86, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 56.97, 66.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.0591 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.127 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8316, 22.7296, 4.6429)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7224 #246DBB

analogous

#BB2624 #BB7224 #B8BB24

triadic

#BB7224 #24BB72 #7224BB

tetradic

#BB7224 #24BB26 #246DBB #BB24B8

square

#BB7224 #24BB26 #246DBB #BB24B8

split-complementary

#BB7224 #24B8BB #2624BB

monochromatic

#543310 #88531A #BB7224 #DB9142 #E4AF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BB7224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#BB7224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7224

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7224	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.127 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69b65',
    500: '#bb7224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7224;
$custom-light: #d69b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.993,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6187,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7224

secondary

#6F9CCC

accent

#91EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7224

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

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