#BB8421#BB8421

#BB8421 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.126 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB8421
RGBrgb(187, 132, 33)
HSLhsl(39, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(39, 82%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.4%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(59.14, 12.81, 57.19)
CIE-LCHlch(59.14, 58.61, 77.38°)
OKLaboklab(65.25% 0.0294 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(65.25% 0.126 76.6)
XYZxyz(29.0215, 27.1796, 5.1563)
Luminance0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB8421 #2158BB
analogous
#BB3721 #BB8421 #A5BB21
triadic
#BB8421 #21BB84 #8421BB
tetradic
#BB8421 #21BB37 #2158BB #BB21A5
square
#BB8421 #21BB37 #2158BB #BB21A5
split-complementary
#BB8421 #21A5BB #3721BB
monochromatic
#533B0F #875F18 #BB8421 #DDA33D #E6BC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#BB8421 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44
#BB8421 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8421
6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB8421#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB84211.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98860A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59425
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC7571
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb8421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.126 76.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a766',
    500: '#bb8421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb8421;
$custom-light: #d5a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb8421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65245,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB8421
secondary
#6B8ECC
accent
#7BED3B
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EB
border
#D4CEC6
text
#150F06
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

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#BB8421 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva