#BB7537#BB7537

#BB7537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7537
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 22.05, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 49.69, 63.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.0594 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.117 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5465, 23.5659, 6.7116)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7537 #377DBB

analogous

#BB373B #BB7537 #BBB737

triadic

#BB7537 #37BB75 #7537BB

tetradic

#BB7537 #3BBB37 #377DBB #B737BB

square

#BB7537 #3BBB37 #377DBB #B737BB

split-complementary

#BB7537 #37BBB7 #373BBB

monochromatic

#5C3A1B #8C5729 #BB7537 #D0945F #DEB48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BB7537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7537

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7537	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)

#8A7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d71',
    500: '#bb7537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7537;
$custom-light: #d49d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62583,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7537

secondary

#85A9C9

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7537

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

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