#BB7823#BB7823

#BB7823 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.126 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7823
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 35)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 81.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 19.52, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 57.29, 70.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0491 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.126 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5156, 24.1218, 4.7967)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7823 #2366BB

analogous

#BB2C23 #BB7823 #B2BB23

triadic

#BB7823 #23BB78 #7823BB

tetradic

#BB7823 #23BB2C #2366BB #BB23B2

square

#BB7823 #23BB2C #2366BB #BB23B2

split-complementary

#BB7823 #23B2BB #2C23BB

monochromatic

#543610 #875719 #BB7823 #DB9740 #E5B374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BB7823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#BB7823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7823

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7823	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.126 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f65',
    500: '#bb7823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7823;
$custom-light: #d59f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.553,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62966,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7823

secondary

#6E97CC

accent

#8AEB3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7823

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

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