#BB8321#BB8321

#BB8321 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.126 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8321
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 13.36, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 58.52, 76.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.031 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.126 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8865, 26.9097, 5.1113)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8321 #2159BB

analogous

#BB3621 #BB8321 #A6BB21

triadic

#BB8321 #21BB83 #8321BB

tetradic

#BB8321 #21BB36 #2159BB #BB21A6

square

#BB8321 #21BB36 #2159BB #BB21A6

split-complementary

#BB8321 #21A6BB #3621BB

monochromatic

#533A0F #875F18 #BB8321 #DDA23D #E6BB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BB8321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BB8321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8321

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8321	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)

#97860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.126 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a666',
    500: '#bb8321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8321;
$custom-light: #d5a666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6505,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8321

secondary

#6B8FCC

accent

#7CED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8321

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

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