#BB7540#BB7540

#BB7540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7540
RGB	rgb(187, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 22.58, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 46.02, 60.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0624 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.112 56)
XYZ	xyz(27.7823, 23.6602, 7.9532)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7540 #4086BB

analogous

#BB4048 #BB7540 #BBB340

triadic

#BB7540 #40BB75 #7540BB

tetradic

#BB7540 #48BB40 #4086BB #B340BB

square

#BB7540 #48BB40 #4086BB #B340BB

split-complementary

#BB7540 #40BBB3 #4048BB

monochromatic

#603C21 #8D5830 #BB7540 #CD956C #DCB699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BB7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BB7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7540

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7540	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d77',
    500: '#bb7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7540;
$custom-light: #d49d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.854,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62687,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.23658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7540

secondary

#8FAFC8

accent

#9DD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7540

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

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