#BB7E20#BB7E20

#BB7E20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.127 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7E20
RGB	rgb(187, 126, 32)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 16.10, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 58.49, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0388 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.127 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2173, 25.5934, 4.8202)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7E20 #205DBB

analogous

#BB3020 #BB7E20 #AABB20

triadic

#BB7E20 #20BB7E #7E20BB

tetradic

#BB7E20 #20BB30 #205DBB #BB20AA

square

#BB7E20 #20BB30 #205DBB #BB20AA

split-complementary

#BB7E20 #20AABB #3020BB

monochromatic

#52380E #875B17 #BB7E20 #DD9D3B #E6B76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BB7E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BB7E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7E20

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7E20	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 126, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.127 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a364',
    500: '#bb7e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7e20;
$custom-light: #d5a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.387,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.12661,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7E20

secondary

#6A91CD

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF3EB

border

#D4CDC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7E20

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

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