#BB7238#BB7238

#BB7238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.118 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7238
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 23.75, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 49.37, 61.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0647 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.118 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2268, 22.8877, 6.7245)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7238 #3881BB

analogous

#BB3840 #BB7238 #BBB338

triadic

#BB7238 #38BB72 #7238BB

tetradic

#BB7238 #40BB38 #3881BB #B338BB

square

#BB7238 #40BB38 #3881BB #B338BB

split-complementary

#BB7238 #38BBB3 #3840BB

monochromatic

#5D391C #8C552A #BB7238 #D09261 #DEB290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#BB7238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BB7238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7238

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7238	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.118 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59b71',
    500: '#bb7238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7238;
$custom-light: #d59b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.565,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62049,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7238

secondary

#86ABC8

accent

#9CDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7238

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

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