#BB7231#BB7231

#BB7231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7231
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 23.39, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 52.15, 63.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0625 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.121 59)
XYZ	xyz(27.0674, 22.8239, 5.8851)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7231 #317ABB

analogous

#BB3135 #BB7231 #BBB731

triadic

#BB7231 #31BB72 #7231BB

tetradic

#BB7231 #35BB31 #317ABB #B731BB

square

#BB7231 #35BB31 #317ABB #B731BB

split-complementary

#BB7231 #31BBB7 #3135BB

monochromatic

#5A3718 #8B5424 #BB7231 #D39156 #E0B187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BB7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7231

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7231	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b6d',
    500: '#bb7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7231;
$custom-light: #d59b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.261,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61977,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.22821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7231

secondary

#7FA6C9

accent

#98E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7231

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

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