#BB7638#BB7638

#BB7638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7638
RGB	rgb(187, 118, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 21.55, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 49.27, 64.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0581 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.116 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6879, 23.8098, 6.8782)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7638 #387DBB

analogous

#BB383C #BB7638 #BBB738

triadic

#BB7638 #38BB76 #7638BB

tetradic

#BB7638 #3CBB38 #387DBB #B738BB

square

#BB7638 #3CBB38 #387DBB #B738BB

split-complementary

#BB7638 #38BBB7 #383CBB

monochromatic

#5D3B1C #8C582A #BB7638 #D09561 #DEB590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BB7638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BB7638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7638

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7638	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 118, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d71',
    500: '#bb7638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7638;
$custom-light: #d49d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.397,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62776,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7638

secondary

#86A9C8

accent

#98DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7638

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

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