#BB821E#BB821E

#BB821E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.127 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB821E
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 13.82, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 59.38, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.032 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.127 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7127, 26.6263, 4.8552)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB821E #1E57BB

analogous

#BB341E #BB821E #A5BB1E

triadic

#BB821E #1EBB82 #821EBB

tetradic

#BB821E #1EBB34 #1E57BB #BB1EA5

square

#BB821E #1EBB34 #1E57BB #BB1EA5

split-complementary

#BB821E #1EA5BB #341EBB

monochromatic

#52390D #865D16 #BB821E #DFA237 #E7BB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BB821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#BB821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB821E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB821E	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)

#978503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.127 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a664',
    500: '#bb821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb821e;
$custom-light: #d5a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.217,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB821E

secondary

#678CCD

accent

#7BEF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB821E

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

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