#BB742A#BB742A

#BB742A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB742A
RGBrgb(187, 116, 42)
HSLhsl(31, 63%, 45%)
HSVhsv(31, 78%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 38%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(55.30, 21.98, 50.18)
CIE-LCHlch(55.30, 54.78, 66.34°)
OKLaboklab(62.28% 0.0573 0.1099)
OKLCHoklch(62.28% 0.124 62.5)
XYZxyz(27.1591, 23.2255, 5.2427)
Luminance0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB742A #2A71BB
analogous
#BB2C2A #BB742A #B9BB2A
triadic
#BB742A #2ABB74 #742ABB
tetradic
#BB742A #2ABB2C #2A71BB #BB2AB9
square
#BB742A #2ABB2C #2A71BB #BB2AB9
split-complementary
#BB742A #2AB9BB #2C2ABB
monochromatic
#573614 #89551F #BB742A #D7934C #E2B17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72
#BB742A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64
#BB742A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB742A
5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB742A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB742A1.003.725.645.64
#FFFFFF3.721.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6421.001.001.00
##0000005.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8A7B1F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B8B2B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC6465
Achromatopsia (no color)
#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 62.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c69',
    500: '#bb742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb742a;
$custom-light: #d59c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.621,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62279,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB742A
secondary
#76A0CA
accent
#92E641
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FBF2EB
border
#D4CCC6
text
#150E06
muted
#837E7A

Preview Lab

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#BB742A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva