#BB8927#BB8927

#BB8927 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.124 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8927
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 10.26, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 57.15, 79.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0226 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.124 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8075, 28.6050, 5.8705)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8927 #2759BB

analogous

#BB3F27 #BB8927 #A3BB27

triadic

#BB8927 #27BB89 #8927BB

tetradic

#BB8927 #27BB3F #2759BB #BB27A3

square

#BB8927 #27BB3F #2759BB #BB27A3

split-complementary

#BB8927 #27A3BB #3F27BB

monochromatic

#563F12 #88641C #BB8927 #D9A747 #E3BF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BB8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BB8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8927

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8927	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.124 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab69',
    500: '#bb8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8927;
$custom-light: #d4ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66266,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8927

secondary

#7391CB

accent

#78E83F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8927

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

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