#BB8427#BB8427

#BB8427 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.124 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8427
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 13.02, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 56.58, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0306 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.124 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1131, 27.2163, 5.6390)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8427 #275EBB

analogous

#BB3A27 #BB8427 #A8BB27

triadic

#BB8427 #27BB84 #8427BB

tetradic

#BB8427 #27BB3A #275EBB #BB27A8

square

#BB8427 #27BB3A #275EBB #BB27A8

split-complementary

#BB8427 #27A8BB #3A27BB

monochromatic

#563D12 #88601C #BB8427 #D9A247 #E3BC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BB8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8427

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8427	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)

#988717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.124 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a769',
    500: '#bb8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8427;
$custom-light: #d5a769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65282,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8427

secondary

#7394CB

accent

#7EE83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8427

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

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