#BB8521#BB8521

#BB8521 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.126 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8521
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 12.26, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 58.71, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0278 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.126 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1577, 27.4521, 5.2017)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8521 #2157BB

analogous

#BB3821 #BB8521 #A4BB21

triadic

#BB8521 #21BB85 #8521BB

tetradic

#BB8521 #21BB38 #2157BB #BB21A4

square

#BB8521 #21BB38 #2157BB #BB21A4

split-complementary

#BB8521 #21A4BB #3821BB

monochromatic

#533B0F #876018 #BB8521 #DDA53D #E6BD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8521

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8521	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)

#998709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.126 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a866',
    500: '#bb8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8521;
$custom-light: #d5a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.961,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65441,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8521

secondary

#6B8DCC

accent

#79ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8521

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

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