#BB7735#BB7735

#BB7735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7735
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 53)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 20.84, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 50.49, 65.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0555 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.117 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7351, 24.0181, 6.5428)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7735 #3579BB

analogous

#BB3536 #BB7735 #BBBA35

triadic

#BB7735 #35BB77 #7735BB

tetradic

#BB7735 #36BB35 #3579BB #BA35BB

square

#BB7735 #36BB35 #3579BB #BA35BB

split-complementary

#BB7735 #35BBBA #3536BB

monochromatic

#5C3A1A #8B5927 #BB7735 #D1965C #DEB58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB7735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BB7735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7735

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7735	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)

#8C7D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e6f',
    500: '#bb7735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7735;
$custom-light: #d49e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62929,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7735

secondary

#83A6C9

accent

#95DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7735

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

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