#BB6237#BB6237

#BB6237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.128 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6237
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 32.37, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 51.32, 50.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.0905 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.128 45)
XYZ	xyz(25.5531, 19.5789, 6.0471)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6237 #3790BB

analogous

#BB374E #BB6237 #BBA437

triadic

#BB6237 #37BB62 #6237BB

tetradic

#BB6237 #4EBB37 #3790BB #A437BB

square

#BB6237 #4EBB37 #3790BB #A437BB

split-complementary

#BB6237 #37BBA4 #374EBB

monochromatic

#5C301B #8C4929 #BB6237 #D0845F #DEA88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BB6237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BB6237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6237

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6237	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.128 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5906f',
    500: '#bb6237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6237;
$custom-light: #d5906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59278,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.19576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6237

secondary

#85B3C9

accent

#AEDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6237

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

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