#BB7733#BB7733

#BB7733 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7733
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 51)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 20.74, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 51.29, 66.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.0549 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.118 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6900, 24.0001, 6.3055)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7733 #3377BB

analogous

#BB3333 #BB7733 #BBBB33

triadic

#BB7733 #33BB77 #7733BB

tetradic

#BB7733 #33BB33 #3377BB #BB33BB

square

#BB7733 #33BB33 #3377BB #BB33BB

split-complementary

#BB7733 #33BBBB #3333BB

monochromatic

#5B3A19 #8B5826 #BB7733 #D29659 #DFB489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB7733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BB7733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7733

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7733	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59e6e',
    500: '#bb7733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7733;
$custom-light: #d59e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62909,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7733

secondary

#81A5C9

accent

#94E047

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7733

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

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