#BB7728#BB7728

#BB7728 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.124 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7728
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 40)
HSL	hsl(32, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(32, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 78.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 20.25, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 55.52, 68.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0519 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.124 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4756, 23.9143, 5.1760)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7728 #286CBB

analogous

#BB2E28 #BB7728 #B6BB28

triadic

#BB7728 #28BB77 #7728BB

tetradic

#BB7728 #28BB2E #286CBB #BB28B6

square

#BB7728 #28BB2E #286CBB #BB28B6

split-complementary

#BB7728 #28B6BB #2E28BB

monochromatic

#563712 #89571D #BB7728 #D89548 #E3B37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BB7728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#BB7728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7728

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7728	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.124 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59e68',
    500: '#bb7728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7728;
$custom-light: #d59e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.245,
    "s": 64.758,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62815,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7728

secondary

#749CCB

accent

#8EE840

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7728

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

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