#BB7533#BB7533

#BB7533 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7533
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 51)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 21.84, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 51.30, 64.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0582 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.119 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4545, 23.5291, 6.2270)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7533 #3379BB

analogous

#BB3335 #BB7533 #BBB933

triadic

#BB7533 #33BB75 #7533BB

tetradic

#BB7533 #35BB33 #3379BB #B933BB

square

#BB7533 #35BB33 #3379BB #B933BB

split-complementary

#BB7533 #33BBB9 #3335BB

monochromatic

#5B3919 #8B5726 #BB7533 #D29459 #DFB389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7533

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7533	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d6e',
    500: '#bb7533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7533;
$custom-light: #d59d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.118,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62542,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7533

secondary

#81A6C9

accent

#96E047

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7533

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

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