#BB7235#BB7235

#BB7235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7235
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 53)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 23.59, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 50.57, 62.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0637 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.119 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1556, 22.8592, 6.3496)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7235 #357EBB

analogous

#BB353B #BB7235 #BBB535

triadic

#BB7235 #35BB72 #7235BB

tetradic

#BB7235 #3BBB35 #357EBB #B535BB

square

#BB7235 #3BBB35 #357EBB #B535BB

split-complementary

#BB7235 #35BBB5 #353BBB

monochromatic

#5C381A #8B5527 #BB7235 #D1915C #DEB28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB7235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BB7235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7235

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7235	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88792E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b6f',
    500: '#bb7235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7235;
$custom-light: #d59b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.313,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62017,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7235

secondary

#83A9C9

accent

#9BDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7235

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

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