#BB8822#BB8822

#BB8822 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.126 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8822
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 10.63, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 58.71, 79.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0232 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.126 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5885, 28.2910, 5.4154)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8822 #2255BB

analogous

#BB3B22 #BB8822 #A1BB22

triadic

#BB8822 #22BB88 #8822BB

tetradic

#BB8822 #22BB3B #2255BB #BB22A1

square

#BB8822 #22BB3B #2255BB #BB22A1

split-complementary

#BB8822 #22A1BB #3B22BB

monochromatic

#533D0F #876219 #BB8822 #DCA73E #E5BF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8822

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8822	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C890A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.126 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa67',
    500: '#bb8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8822;
$custom-light: #d5aa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66037,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8822

secondary

#6D8CCC

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8822

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

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