#BB852B#BB852B

#BB852B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.122 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB852B
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 12.62, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 55.22, 76.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.03 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.122 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3192, 27.5167, 6.0521)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB852B #2B61BB

analogous

#BB3D2B #BB852B #A9BB2B

triadic

#BB852B #2BBB85 #852BBB

tetradic

#BB852B #2BBB3D #2B61BB #BB2BA9

square

#BB852B #2BBB3D #2B61BB #BB2BA9

split-complementary

#BB852B #2BA9BB #3D2BBB

monochromatic

#573E14 #896220 #BB852B #D6A34D #E2BD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BB852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB852B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB852B	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.122 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a86b',
    500: '#bb852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb852b;
$custom-light: #d4a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65506,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB852B

secondary

#7897CA

accent

#7FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB852B

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

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