#BB7538#BB7538

#BB7538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7538
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 22.10, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 49.28, 63.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0597 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.116 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5707, 23.5756, 6.8391)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7538 #387EBB

analogous

#BB383D #BB7538 #BBB638

triadic

#BB7538 #38BB75 #7538BB

tetradic

#BB7538 #3DBB38 #387EBB #B638BB

square

#BB7538 #3DBB38 #387EBB #B638BB

split-complementary

#BB7538 #38BBB6 #383DBB

monochromatic

#5D3A1C #8C582A #BB7538 #D09461 #DEB490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BB7538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BB7538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7538

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7538	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	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)

#8A7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d71',
    500: '#bb7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7538;
$custom-light: #d49d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.939,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62593,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7538

secondary

#86AAC8

accent

#99DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7538

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

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