#BB6437#BB6437

#BB6437 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.126 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6437
RGB	rgb(187, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 31.30, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 51.04, 52.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0872 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.126 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7425, 19.9579, 6.1103)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6437 #378EBB

analogous

#BB374C #BB6437 #BBA637

triadic

#BB6437 #37BB64 #6437BB

tetradic

#BB6437 #4CBB37 #378EBB #A637BB

square

#BB6437 #4CBB37 #378EBB #A637BB

split-complementary

#BB6437 #37BBA6 #374CBB

monochromatic

#5C311B #8C4B29 #BB6437 #D0865F #DEAA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BB6437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB6437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6437

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6437	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.126 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59170',
    500: '#bb6437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6437;
$custom-light: #d59170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59608,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6437

secondary

#85B2C9

accent

#ABDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6437

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

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