#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
RGBrgb(187, 117, 53)
HSLhsl(29, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(29, 72%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(55.63, 21.94, 45.48)
CIE-LCHlch(55.63, 50.50, 64.24°)
OKLaboklab(62.56% 0.0588 0.1023)
OKLCHoklch(62.56% 0.118 60.1)
XYZxyz(27.4996, 23.5471, 6.4643)
Luminance0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##BB75351.003.685.715.71
#FFFFFF3.681.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7121.001.001.00
##0000005.7121.001.001.00

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

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#BB7535 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva