#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
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 22.60, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 49.71, 62.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0611 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.117 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4306, 23.3341, 6.6730)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##BB7437	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BB7437

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

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