#BB7535#BB7535

#BB7535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7535
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 53)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 21.94, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 50.50, 64.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0588 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.118 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4996, 23.5471, 6.4643)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7535 #357BBB

analogous

#BB3538 #BB7535 #BBB835

triadic

#BB7535 #35BB75 #7535BB

tetradic

#BB7535 #38BB35 #357BBB #B835BB

square

#BB7535 #38BB35 #357BBB #B835BB

split-complementary

#BB7535 #35BBB8 #3538BB

monochromatic

#5C391A #8B5727 #BB7535 #D1945C #DEB38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7535

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7535	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)

#8A7C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d6f',
    500: '#bb7535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7535;
$custom-light: #d59d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.657,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62562,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7535

secondary

#83A7C9

accent

#97DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7535

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

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