#BB8121#BB8121

#BB8121 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.126 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8121
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 14.47, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 58.36, 75.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0342 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.126 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6205, 26.3777, 5.0226)
Luminance	0.2637 (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

#BB8121 #215BBB

analogous

#BB3421 #BB8121 #A8BB21

triadic

#BB8121 #21BB81 #8121BB

tetradic

#BB8121 #21BB34 #215BBB #BB21A8

square

#BB8121 #21BB34 #215BBB #BB21A8

split-complementary

#BB8121 #21A8BB #3421BB

monochromatic

#53390F #875D18 #BB8121 #DDA03D #E6BA71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#BB8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#BB8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8121

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8121	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.126 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a565',
    500: '#bb8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8121;
$custom-light: #d5a565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.403,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64663,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8121

secondary

#6B90CC

accent

#7EED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8121

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

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