#BB8221#BB8221

#BB8221 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.126 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8221
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 13.92, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 58.44, 76.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0326 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.126 75)
XYZ	xyz(28.7528, 26.6424, 5.0667)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8221 #215ABB

analogous

#BB3521 #BB8221 #A7BB21

triadic

#BB8221 #21BB82 #8221BB

tetradic

#BB8221 #21BB35 #215ABB #BB21A7

square

#BB8221 #21BB35 #215ABB #BB21A7

split-complementary

#BB8221 #21A7BB #3521BB

monochromatic

#533A0F #875E18 #BB8221 #DDA13D #E6BA71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BB8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#BB8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8221

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8221	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)

#97850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.126 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a665',
    500: '#bb8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8221;
$custom-light: #d5a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.792,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64856,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.2664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8221

secondary

#6B8FCC

accent

#7DED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8221

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

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