#BB7438#BB7438

#BB7438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7438
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 22.65, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 49.31, 62.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0614 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.117 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4549, 23.3438, 6.8005)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7438 #387FBB

analogous

#BB383E #BB7438 #BBB538

triadic

#BB7438 #38BB74 #7438BB

tetradic

#BB7438 #3EBB38 #387FBB #B538BB

square

#BB7438 #3EBB38 #387FBB #B538BB

split-complementary

#BB7438 #38BBB5 #383EBB

monochromatic

#5D3A1C #8C572A #BB7438 #D09361 #DEB390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#BB7438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#BB7438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7438

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7438	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	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)

#897B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49c71',
    500: '#bb7438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7438;
$custom-light: #d49c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62411,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7438

secondary

#86AAC8

accent

#9ADD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7438

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

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