#BB811B#BB811B

#BB811B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.129 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB811B
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 86%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 85.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, 14.29, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 60.19, 76.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0331 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.129 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5438, 26.3470, 4.6189)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB811B #1B55BB

analogous

#BB311B #BB811B #A5BB1B

triadic

#BB811B #1BBB81 #811BBB

tetradic

#BB811B #1BBB31 #1B55BB #BB1BA5

square

#BB811B #1BBB31 #1B55BB #BB1BA5

split-complementary

#BB811B #1BA5BB #311BBB

monochromatic

#50370C #865C13 #BB811B #E1A232 #E9BA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#BB811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#BB811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB811B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB811B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.129 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a563',
    500: '#bb811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb811b;
$custom-light: #d5a563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.25,
    "s": 74.766,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64631,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB811B

secondary

#638ACE

accent

#7AF136

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB811B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →