#BB6537#BB6537

#BB6537 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.126 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6537
RGB	rgb(187, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 30.77, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 50.90, 52.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0856 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.126 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8390, 20.1509, 6.1425)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6537 #378DBB

analogous

#BB374B #BB6537 #BBA737

triadic

#BB6537 #37BB65 #6537BB

tetradic

#BB6537 #4BBB37 #378DBB #A737BB

square

#BB6537 #4BBB37 #378DBB #A737BB

split-complementary

#BB6537 #37BBA7 #374BBB

monochromatic

#5C321B #8C4B29 #BB6537 #D0875F #DEAA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BB6537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BB6537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6537

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6537	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.126 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59270',
    500: '#bb6537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6537;
$custom-light: #d59270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59775,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6537

secondary

#85B1C9

accent

#AADE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6537

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

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