#BB7437#BB7437

#BB7437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB7437
RGBrgb(187, 116, 55)
HSLhsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(28, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 38%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(55.41, 22.60, 44.28)
CIE-LCHlch(55.41, 49.71, 62.96°)
OKLaboklab(62.4% 0.0611 0.1001)
OKLCHoklch(62.4% 0.117 58.6)
XYZxyz(27.4306, 23.3341, 6.6730)
Luminance0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB7437 #377EBB
analogous
#BB373C #BB7437 #BBB637
triadic
#BB7437 #37BB74 #7437BB
tetradic
#BB7437 #3CBB37 #377EBB #B637BB
square
#BB7437 #3CBB37 #377EBB #B637BB
split-complementary
#BB7437 #37BBB6 #373CBB
monochromatic
#5C391B #8C5729 #BB7437 #D0935F #DEB38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71
#BB7437 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67
#BB7437 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7437
5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB7437#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB74371.003.715.675.67
#FFFFFF3.711.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6721.001.001.00
##0000005.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#897B30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8B37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC6567
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb7437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 58.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c71',
    500: '#bb7437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb7437;
$custom-light: #d49c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb7437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.624,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB7437
secondary
#85A9C9
accent
#9ADE4A
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FBF2EC
border
#D4CCC7
text
#150E08
muted
#837E7B

Preview Lab

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#BB7437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva