#BB8423#BB8423

#BB8423 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.125 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8423
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 81.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 12.88, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 57.96, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0298 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.125 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0503, 27.1912, 5.3082)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8423 #235ABB

analogous

#BB3823 #BB8423 #A6BB23

triadic

#BB8423 #23BB84 #8423BB

tetradic

#BB8423 #23BB38 #235ABB #BB23A6

square

#BB8423 #23BB38 #235ABB #BB23A6

split-complementary

#BB8423 #23A6BB #3823BB

monochromatic

#543B10 #876019 #BB8423 #DBA340 #E5BC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BB8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8423

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8423	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)

#98860F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.125 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a767',
    500: '#bb8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8423;
$custom-light: #d5a767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.289,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65257,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8423

secondary

#6E90CC

accent

#7CEB3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8423

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

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