#BB821F#BB821F

#BB821F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.127 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB821F
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 31)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 83.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 13.85, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 59.07, 76.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0322 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.127 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7257, 26.6315, 4.9236)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB821F #1F58BB

analogous

#BB341F #BB821F #A6BB1F

triadic

#BB821F #1FBB82 #821FBB

tetradic

#BB821F #1FBB34 #1F58BB #BB1FA6

square

#BB821F #1FBB34 #1F58BB #BB1FA6

split-complementary

#BB821F #1FA6BB #341FBB

monochromatic

#52390E #875E16 #BB821F #DEA239 #E7BB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BB821F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#BB821F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB821F

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB821F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB821F	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978506

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb821f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.127 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a665',
    500: '#bb821f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb821f;
$custom-light: #d5a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb821f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64845,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB821F

secondary

#698DCD

accent

#7CEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB821F

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

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