#BB6837#BB6837

#BB6837 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.124 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6837
RGB	rgb(187, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 29.15, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 50.54, 54.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.0807 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.124 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1357, 20.7441, 6.2413)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6837 #378ABB

analogous

#BB3748 #BB6837 #BBAA37

triadic

#BB6837 #37BB68 #6837BB

tetradic

#BB6837 #48BB37 #378ABB #AA37BB

square

#BB6837 #48BB37 #378ABB #AA37BB

split-complementary

#BB6837 #37BBAA #3748BB

monochromatic

#5C331B #8C4E29 #BB6837 #D0895F #DEAC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB6837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BB6837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6837

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6837	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.124 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59470',
    500: '#bb6837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6837;
$custom-light: #d59470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60283,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6837

secondary

#85B0C9

accent

#A7DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6837

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

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