#BB8422#BB8422

#BB8422 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8422
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 12.84, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 58.29, 77.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0296 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.126 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0357, 27.1853, 5.2311)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8422 #2259BB

analogous

#BB3722 #BB8422 #A5BB22

triadic

#BB8422 #22BB84 #8422BB

tetradic

#BB8422 #22BB37 #2259BB #BB22A5

square

#BB8422 #22BB37 #2259BB #BB22A5

split-complementary

#BB8422 #22A5BB #3722BB

monochromatic

#533B0F #875F19 #BB8422 #DCA33E #E5BC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BB8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8422

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8422	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a766',
    500: '#bb8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8422;
$custom-light: #d5a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.431,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65251,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8422

secondary

#6D8FCC

accent

#7BEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8422

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

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