#BB862C#BB862C

#BB862C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB862C
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 12.11, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 54.95, 77.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0286 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.121 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4753, 27.7993, 6.1958)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB862C #2C61BB

analogous

#BB3E2C #BB862C #A9BB2C

triadic

#BB862C #2CBB86 #862CBB

tetradic

#BB862C #2CBB3E #2C61BB #BB2CA9

square

#BB862C #2CBB3E #2C61BB #BB2CA9

split-complementary

#BB862C #2CA9BB #3E2CBB

monochromatic

#583F15 #896220 #BB862C #D6A44F #E1BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BB862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BB862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB862C

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB862C	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a96b',
    500: '#bb862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb862c;
$custom-light: #d4a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.762,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65709,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB862C

secondary

#7997CA

accent

#7FE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB862C

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

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