#BB8827#BB8827

#BB8827 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.124 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8827
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 10.81, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 57.02, 79.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0242 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.124 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6660, 28.3220, 5.8233)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8827 #275ABB

analogous

#BB3E27 #BB8827 #A4BB27

triadic

#BB8827 #27BB88 #8827BB

tetradic

#BB8827 #27BB3E #275ABB #BB27A4

square

#BB8827 #27BB3E #275ABB #BB27A4

split-complementary

#BB8827 #27A4BB #3E27BB

monochromatic

#563E12 #88631C #BB8827 #D9A647 #E3BF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB8827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB8827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8827

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8827	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)

#9C8A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.124 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa69',
    500: '#bb8827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8827;
$custom-light: #d4aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8827

secondary

#7391CB

accent

#7AE83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8827

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

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