#BB7227#BB7227

#BB7227 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.126 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7227
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 39)
HSL	hsl(30, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(30, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 22.97, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 55.91, 65.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0598 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.126 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8793, 22.7487, 4.8944)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7227 #2770BB

analogous

#BB2827 #BB7227 #BABB27

triadic

#BB7227 #27BB72 #7227BB

tetradic

#BB7227 #27BB28 #2770BB #BB27BA

square

#BB7227 #27BB28 #2770BB #BB27BA

split-complementary

#BB7227 #27BABB #2827BB

monochromatic

#563412 #88531C #BB7227 #D99147 #E3AF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BB7227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#BB7227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7227

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7227	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#89791C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD6163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.126 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b67',
    500: '#bb7227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7227;
$custom-light: #d59b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.405,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61892,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7227

secondary

#739ECB

accent

#93E83F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7227

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

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