#BB7239#BB7239

#BB7239 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.117 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7239
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 57)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 23.81, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 48.97, 60.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.065 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.117 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2515, 22.8975, 6.8546)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7239 #3982BB

analogous

#BB3941 #BB7239 #BBB339

triadic

#BB7239 #39BB72 #7239BB

tetradic

#BB7239 #41BB39 #3982BB #B339BB

square

#BB7239 #41BB39 #3982BB #B339BB

split-complementary

#BB7239 #39BBB3 #3941BB

monochromatic

#5D391C #8C552B #BB7239 #CF9262 #DDB291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#BB7239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#BB7239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7239

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7239	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#887A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.117 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b72',
    500: '#bb7239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7239;
$custom-light: #d49b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6206,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7239

secondary

#87ACC8

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7239

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

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