#BB7539#BB7539

#BB7539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7539
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 57)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 22.16, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 48.88, 63.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.06 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.116 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5954, 23.5855, 6.9692)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7539 #397FBB

analogous

#BB393E #BB7539 #BBB639

triadic

#BB7539 #39BB75 #7539BB

tetradic

#BB7539 #3EBB39 #397FBB #B639BB

square

#BB7539 #3EBB39 #397FBB #B639BB

split-complementary

#BB7539 #39BBB6 #393EBB

monochromatic

#5D3A1C #8C582B #BB7539 #CF9462 #DDB491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BB7539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BB7539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7539

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7539	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d72',
    500: '#bb7539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7539;
$custom-light: #d49d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7539

secondary

#87AAC8

accent

#99DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7539

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

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