#BB8524#BB8524

#BB8524 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.125 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8524
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 12.36, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 57.72, 77.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0284 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.125 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2016, 27.4697, 5.4329)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8524 #245ABB

analogous

#BB3924 #BB8524 #A5BB24

triadic

#BB8524 #24BB85 #8524BB

tetradic

#BB8524 #24BB39 #245ABB #BB24A5

square

#BB8524 #24BB39 #245ABB #BB24A5

split-complementary

#BB8524 #24A5BB #3924BB

monochromatic

#543C10 #88601A #BB8524 #DBA442 #E4BD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8524

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8524	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#998710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.125 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a867',
    500: '#bb8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8524;
$custom-light: #d5a867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.543,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65459,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8524

secondary

#6F90CC

accent

#7BEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8524

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

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