#BB842C#BB842C

#BB842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.121 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB842C
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 13.22, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 54.74, 76.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0318 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.121 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2015, 27.2516, 6.1045)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB842C #2C63BB

analogous

#BB3C2C #BB842C #AABB2C

triadic

#BB842C #2CBB84 #842CBB

tetradic

#BB842C #2CBB3C #2C63BB #BB2CAA

square

#BB842C #2CBB3C #2C63BB #BB2CAA

split-complementary

#BB842C #2CAABB #3C2CBB

monochromatic

#583E15 #896120 #BB842C #D6A24F #E1BC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BB842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB842C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB842C	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.121 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a76b',
    500: '#bb842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb842c;
$custom-light: #d4a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65318,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB842C

secondary

#7998CA

accent

#81E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB842C

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

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