#BB7B21#BB7B21

#BB7B21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.126 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7B21
RGB	rgb(187, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 17.79, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 58.03, 72.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0439 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.126 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8532, 24.8432, 4.7669)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7B21 #2161BB

analogous

#BB2E21 #BB7B21 #AEBB21

triadic

#BB7B21 #21BB7B #7B21BB

tetradic

#BB7B21 #21BB2E #2161BB #BB21AE

square

#BB7B21 #21BB2E #2161BB #BB21AE

split-complementary

#BB7B21 #21AEBB #2E21BB

monochromatic

#53370F #875918 #BB7B21 #DD9A3D #E6B571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#BB7B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#BB7B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7B21

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7B21	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.126 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a165',
    500: '#bb7b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7b21;
$custom-light: #d5a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.065,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63517,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7B21

secondary

#6B94CC

accent

#85ED3B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7B21

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

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