#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
RGB	rgb(187, 124, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 17.24, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 58.07, 72.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0422 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.126 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9779, 25.0925, 4.8084)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##BB7C21	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BB7C21

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

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