#BB8224#BB8224

#BB8224 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.125 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8224
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 36)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, 14.02, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 57.44, 75.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0332 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.125 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7967, 26.6599, 5.2980)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8224 #245DBB

analogous

#BB3624 #BB8224 #A8BB24

triadic

#BB8224 #24BB82 #8224BB

tetradic

#BB8224 #24BB36 #245DBB #BB24A8

square

#BB8224 #24BB36 #245DBB #BB24A8

split-complementary

#BB8224 #24A8BB #3624BB

monochromatic

#543B10 #885E1A #BB8224 #DBA142 #E4BA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#BB8224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#BB8224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8224

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8224	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)

#968512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.125 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a667',
    500: '#bb8224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8224;
$custom-light: #d5a667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.351,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64874,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8224

secondary

#6F92CC

accent

#7FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8224

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

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