#BB7C21#BB7C21

#BB7C21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.126 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB7C21
RGBrgb(187, 124, 33)
HSLhsl(35, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(35, 82%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33.7%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(57.17, 17.24, 55.45)
CIE-LCHlch(57.17, 58.07, 72.73°)
OKLaboklab(63.71% 0.0422 0.1191)
OKLCHoklch(63.71% 0.126 70.5)
XYZxyz(27.9779, 25.0925, 4.8084)
Luminance0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB7C21 #2160BB
analogous
#BB2F21 #BB7C21 #ADBB21
triadic
#BB7C21 #21BB7C #7C21BB
tetradic
#BB7C21 #21BB2F #2160BB #BB21AD
square
#BB7C21 #21BB2F #2160BB #BB21AD
split-complementary
#BB7C21 #21ADBB #2F21BB
monochromatic
#53370F #875A18 #BB7C21 #DD9B3D #E6B671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49
#BB7C21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02
#BB7C21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7C21
6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB7C21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB7C211.003.496.026.02
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0221.001.001.00
##0000006.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91800E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A08F24
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC6C6B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb7c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 124, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.126 70.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a165',
    500: '#bb7c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb7c21;
$custom-light: #d5a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb7c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63706,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB7C21
secondary
#6B93CC
accent
#84ED3B
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FBF2EB
border
#D4CCC6
text
#150F06
muted
#837E7A

Preview Lab

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#BB7C21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva