#BB7531#BB7531

#BB7531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7531
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 49)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(30, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 21.74, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 52.09, 65.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0576 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.12 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4114, 23.5118, 5.9998)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7531 #3177BB

analogous

#BB3132 #BB7531 #BBBA31

triadic

#BB7531 #31BB75 #7531BB

tetradic

#BB7531 #32BB31 #3177BB #BA31BB

square

#BB7531 #32BB31 #3177BB #BA31BB

split-complementary

#BB7531 #31BBBA #3132BB

monochromatic

#5A3818 #8B5724 #BB7531 #D39456 #E0B387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#BB7531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7531

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7531	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d6d',
    500: '#bb7531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7531;
$custom-light: #d59d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.565,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7531

secondary

#7FA4C9

accent

#95E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7531

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

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