#BB822F#BB822F

#BB822F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB822F
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 14.46, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 53.39, 74.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0358 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.119 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9913, 26.7378, 6.3228)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB822F #2F68BB

analogous

#BB3C2F #BB822F #AEBB2F

triadic

#BB822F #2FBB82 #822FBB

tetradic

#BB822F #2FBB3C #2F68BB #BB2FAE

square

#BB822F #2FBB3C #2F68BB #BB2FAE

split-complementary

#BB822F #2FAEBB #3C2FBB

monochromatic

#593E16 #8A6023 #BB822F #D4A053 #E0BB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#BB822F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#BB822F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB822F

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB822F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB822F	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb822f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a66d',
    500: '#bb822f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb822f;
$custom-light: #d4a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb822f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB822F

secondary

#7C9CC9

accent

#85E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB822F

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

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