#BB7457#BB7457

#BB7457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7457
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(17, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 24.88, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 37.23, 48.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0728 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.099 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4610, 23.7462, 12.0995)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7457 #579EBB

analogous

#BB576C #BB7457 #BBA657

triadic

#BB7457 #57BB74 #7457BB

tetradic

#BB7457 #6CBB57 #579EBB #A657BB

square

#BB7457 #6CBB57 #579EBB #A657BB

split-complementary

#BB7457 #57BBA6 #576CBB

monochromatic

#6C3E2C #97573D #BB7457 #CD9883 #DEBCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BB7457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#BB7457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7457

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7457	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c87',
    500: '#bb7457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7457;
$custom-light: #d39c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62858,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7457

secondary

#A2C0CC

accent

#AED256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7457

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

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