#BB8520#BB8520

#BB8520 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.127 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8520
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 12.23, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 59.02, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0276 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.127 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1439, 27.4466, 5.1290)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8520 #2056BB

analogous

#BB3820 #BB8520 #A3BB20

triadic

#BB8520 #20BB85 #8520BB

tetradic

#BB8520 #20BB38 #2056BB #BB20A3

square

#BB8520 #20BB38 #2056BB #BB20A3

split-complementary

#BB8520 #20A3BB #3820BB

monochromatic

#523B0E #876017 #BB8520 #DDA53B #E6BD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8520

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8520	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.127 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a865',
    500: '#bb8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8520;
$custom-light: #d5a865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.097,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65435,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8520

secondary

#6A8CCD

accent

#79EE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8520

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

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