#BB8424#BB8424

#BB8424 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.125 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8424
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 12.91, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 57.62, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.03 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.125 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0654, 27.1972, 5.3875)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8424 #245BBB

analogous

#BB3924 #BB8424 #A6BB24

triadic

#BB8424 #24BB84 #8424BB

tetradic

#BB8424 #24BB39 #245BBB #BB24A6

square

#BB8424 #24BB39 #245BBB #BB24A6

split-complementary

#BB8424 #24A6BB #3924BB

monochromatic

#543C10 #88601A #BB8424 #DBA342 #E4BC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BB8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8424

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8424	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)

#988611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.125 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a767',
    500: '#bb8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8424;
$custom-light: #d5a767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65263,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8424

secondary

#6F91CC

accent

#7CEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8424

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

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