#BB8020#BB8020

#BB8020 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.127 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8020
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 14.99, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 58.61, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.0356 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.127 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4756, 26.1100, 4.9063)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8020 #205BBB

analogous

#BB3220 #BB8020 #A8BB20

triadic

#BB8020 #20BB80 #8020BB

tetradic

#BB8020 #20BB32 #205BBB #BB20A8

square

#BB8020 #20BB32 #205BBB #BB20A8

split-complementary

#BB8020 #20A8BB #3220BB

monochromatic

#52380E #875C17 #BB8020 #DDA03B #E6B96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BB8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#BB8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8020

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8020	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.127 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a465',
    500: '#bb8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8020;
$custom-light: #d5a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.161,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64464,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8020

secondary

#6A90CD

accent

#7FEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8020

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

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