#BB7536#BB7536

#BB7536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7536
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 21.99, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 50.09, 63.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0591 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.117 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5228, 23.5564, 6.5867)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7536 #367CBB

analogous

#BB3639 #BB7536 #BBB836

triadic

#BB7536 #36BB75 #7536BB

tetradic

#BB7536 #39BB36 #367CBB #B836BB

square

#BB7536 #39BB36 #367CBB #B836BB

split-complementary

#BB7536 #36BBB8 #3639BB

monochromatic

#5C3A1B #8C5728 #BB7536 #D0945E #DEB48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7536

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7536	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)

#8A7C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d70',
    500: '#bb7536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7536;
$custom-light: #d59d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62572,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7536

secondary

#84A8C9

accent

#98DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7536

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

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