#BB7639#BB7639

#BB7639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7639
RGB	rgb(187, 118, 57)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 21.61, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 48.86, 63.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0584 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.115 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7126, 23.8197, 7.0083)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7639 #397EBB

analogous

#BB393D #BB7639 #BBB739

triadic

#BB7639 #39BB76 #7639BB

tetradic

#BB7639 #3DBB39 #397EBB #B739BB

square

#BB7639 #3DBB39 #397EBB #B739BB

split-complementary

#BB7639 #39BBB7 #393DBB

monochromatic

#5D3B1C #8C582B #BB7639 #CF9562 #DDB591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BB7639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BB7639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7639

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7639	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)

#8B7D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 118, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d72',
    500: '#bb7639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7639;
$custom-light: #d49d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.154,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62787,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7639

secondary

#87AAC8

accent

#98DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7639

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

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