#BB7338#BB7338

#BB7338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7338
RGB	rgb(187, 115, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 23.20, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 49.34, 61.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.063 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.117 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3402, 23.1145, 6.7623)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7338 #3880BB

analogous

#BB383F #BB7338 #BBB438

triadic

#BB7338 #38BB73 #7338BB

tetradic

#BB7338 #3FBB38 #3880BB #B438BB

square

#BB7338 #3FBB38 #3880BB #B438BB

split-complementary

#BB7338 #38BBB4 #383FBB

monochromatic

#5D391C #8C562A #BB7338 #D09361 #DEB390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#BB7338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#BB7338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7338

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7338	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 115, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49b71',
    500: '#bb7338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7338;
$custom-light: #d49b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.023,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6223,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7338

secondary

#86ABC8

accent

#9BDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7338

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

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