#BB7E21#BB7E21

#BB7E21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.126 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7E21
RGB	rgb(187, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 16.13, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 58.17, 73.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.039 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.126 72)
XYZ	xyz(28.2311, 25.5989, 4.8928)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7E21 #215EBB

analogous

#BB3121 #BB7E21 #ABBB21

triadic

#BB7E21 #21BB7E #7E21BB

tetradic

#BB7E21 #21BB31 #215EBB #BB21AB

square

#BB7E21 #21BB31 #215EBB #BB21AB

split-complementary

#BB7E21 #21ABBB #3121BB

monochromatic

#53380F #875B18 #BB7E21 #DD9D3D #E6B771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BB7E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BB7E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7E21

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7E21	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)

#93820D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.126 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a365',
    500: '#bb7e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7e21;
$custom-light: #d5a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.234,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.25596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7E21

secondary

#6B92CC

accent

#81ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF3EB

border

#D4CDC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7E21

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

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