#BB831F#BB831F

#BB831F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.127 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB831F
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 31)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 83.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 13.30, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 59.15, 77.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0306 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.127 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8593, 26.8988, 4.9681)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB831F #1F57BB

analogous

#BB351F #BB831F #A5BB1F

triadic

#BB831F #1FBB83 #831FBB

tetradic

#BB831F #1FBB35 #1F57BB #BB1FA5

square

#BB831F #1FBB35 #1F57BB #BB1FA5

split-complementary

#BB831F #1FA5BB #351FBB

monochromatic

#52390E #875E16 #BB831F #DEA339 #E7BB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BB831F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BB831F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB831F

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB831F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB831F	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb831f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.127 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a665',
    500: '#bb831f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb831f;
$custom-light: #d5a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb831f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65039,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB831F

secondary

#698DCD

accent

#7AEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB831F

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

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