#BB821D#BB821D

#BB821D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.128 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB821D
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 29)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 84.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, 13.80, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 59.68, 76.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0318 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.128 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7001, 26.6213, 4.7891)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB821D #1D56BB

analogous

#BB331D #BB821D #A5BB1D

triadic

#BB821D #1DBB82 #821DBB

tetradic

#BB821D #1DBB33 #1D56BB #BB1DA5

square

#BB821D #1DBB33 #1D56BB #BB1DA5

split-complementary

#BB821D #1DA5BB #331DBB

monochromatic

#51380D #865D15 #BB821D #E0A235 #E8BB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BB821D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#BB821D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB821D

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB821D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB821D	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb821d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.128 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a664',
    500: '#bb821d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb821d;
$custom-light: #d5a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb821d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.354,
    "s": 73.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64835,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB821D

secondary

#668BCE

accent

#7AF038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB821D

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

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