#BB8921#BB8921

#BB8921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.127 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8921
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 82.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 10.05, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 59.16, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0214 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.127 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7158, 28.5683, 5.3877)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8921 #2153BB

analogous

#BB3C21 #BB8921 #A0BB21

triadic

#BB8921 #21BB89 #8921BB

tetradic

#BB8921 #21BB3C #2153BB #BB21A0

square

#BB8921 #21BB3C #2153BB #BB21A0

split-complementary

#BB8921 #21A0BB #3C21BB

monochromatic

#533D0F #876318 #BB8921 #DDA93D #E6C071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BB8921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BB8921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8921

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8921	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.127 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab66',
    500: '#bb8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8921;
$custom-light: #d5ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.519,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6623,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8921

secondary

#6B8BCC

accent

#75ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8921

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

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