#BB7824#BB7824

#BB7824 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.126 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7824
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 36)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 19.55, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 56.95, 69.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0494 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.126 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5307, 24.1278, 4.8760)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7824 #2467BB

analogous

#BB2C24 #BB7824 #B2BB24

triadic

#BB7824 #24BB78 #7824BB

tetradic

#BB7824 #24BB2C #2467BB #BB24B2

square

#BB7824 #24BB2C #2467BB #BB24B2

split-complementary

#BB7824 #24B2BB #2C24BB

monochromatic

#543610 #88571A #BB7824 #DB9742 #E4B375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BB7824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BB7824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7824

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7824	1.00	3.61	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.126 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f66',
    500: '#bb7824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7824;
$custom-light: #d59f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.377,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62973,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7824

secondary

#6F98CC

accent

#8AEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7824

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

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