#BB7237#BB7237

#BB7237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.118 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7237
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 23.70, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 49.77, 61.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0643 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.118 57)
XYZ	xyz(27.2026, 22.8780, 6.5970)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7237 #3780BB

analogous

#BB373E #BB7237 #BBB437

triadic

#BB7237 #37BB72 #7237BB

tetradic

#BB7237 #3EBB37 #3780BB #B437BB

square

#BB7237 #3EBB37 #3780BB #B437BB

split-complementary

#BB7237 #37BBB4 #373EBB

monochromatic

#5C381B #8C5529 #BB7237 #D0925F #DEB28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB7237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#BB7237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7237

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7237	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)

#887A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.118 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b70',
    500: '#bb7237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7237;
$custom-light: #d59b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62038,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.22875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7237

secondary

#85AAC9

accent

#9CDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7237

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

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