#BB7A21#BB7A21

#BB7A21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.127 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7A21
RGB	rgb(187, 122, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 18.34, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 58.00, 71.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0455 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.127 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7298, 24.5963, 4.7257)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7A21 #2162BB

analogous

#BB2D21 #BB7A21 #AFBB21

triadic

#BB7A21 #21BB7A #7A21BB

tetradic

#BB7A21 #21BB2D #2162BB #BB21AF

square

#BB7A21 #21BB2D #2162BB #BB21AF

split-complementary

#BB7A21 #21AFBB #2D21BB

monochromatic

#53360F #875818 #BB7A21 #DD993D #E6B471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#BB7A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#BB7A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7A21

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7A21	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 122, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.127 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a064',
    500: '#bb7a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7a21;
$custom-light: #d5a064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.675,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63328,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7A21

secondary

#6B94CC

accent

#86ED3B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7A21

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

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