#BB7637#BB7637

#BB7637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7637
RGB	rgb(187, 118, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 21.50, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 49.68, 64.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0578 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.116 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6637, 23.8002, 6.7507)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7637 #377CBB

analogous

#BB373A #BB7637 #BBB837

triadic

#BB7637 #37BB76 #7637BB

tetradic

#BB7637 #3ABB37 #377CBB #B837BB

square

#BB7637 #3ABB37 #377CBB #B837BB

split-complementary

#BB7637 #37BBB8 #373ABB

monochromatic

#5C3A1B #8C5829 #BB7637 #D0955F #DEB48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BB7637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BB7637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7637

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7637	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 118, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d71',
    500: '#bb7637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7637;
$custom-light: #d49d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62766,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7637

secondary

#85A8C9

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7637

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

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