#BB8320#BB8320

#BB8320 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.127 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8320
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 13.33, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 58.84, 76.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0308 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.127 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8727, 26.9042, 5.0386)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8320 #2058BB

analogous

#BB3620 #BB8320 #A5BB20

triadic

#BB8320 #20BB83 #8320BB

tetradic

#BB8320 #20BB36 #2058BB #BB20A5

square

#BB8320 #20BB36 #2058BB #BB20A5

split-complementary

#BB8320 #20A5BB #3620BB

monochromatic

#523A0E #875E17 #BB8320 #DDA33B #E6BB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BB8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BB8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8320

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8320	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)

#978608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.127 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a665',
    500: '#bb8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8320;
$custom-light: #d5a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65045,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8320

secondary

#6A8ECD

accent

#7BEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8320

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

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