#BB8727#BB8727

#BB8727 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.124 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8727
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 11.36, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 56.90, 78.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.0258 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.124 78)
XYZ	xyz(29.5258, 28.0416, 5.7766)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8727 #275BBB

analogous

#BB3D27 #BB8727 #A5BB27

triadic

#BB8727 #27BB87 #8727BB

tetradic

#BB8727 #27BB3D #275BBB #BB27A5

square

#BB8727 #27BB3D #275BBB #BB27A5

split-complementary

#BB8727 #27A5BB #3D27BB

monochromatic

#563E12 #88621C #BB8727 #D9A547 #E3BE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BB8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BB8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8727

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8727	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.124 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a969',
    500: '#bb8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8727;
$custom-light: #d4a969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6587,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.28039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8727

secondary

#7392CB

accent

#7BE83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8727

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

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