#BB7736#BB7736

#BB7736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7736
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 54)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 20.89, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 50.08, 65.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0558 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.117 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7583, 24.0274, 6.6652)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7736 #367ABB

analogous

#BB3638 #BB7736 #BBBA36

triadic

#BB7736 #36BB77 #7736BB

tetradic

#BB7736 #38BB36 #367ABB #BA36BB

square

#BB7736 #38BB36 #367ABB #BA36BB

split-complementary

#BB7736 #36BBBA #3638BB

monochromatic

#5C3B1B #8C5928 #BB7736 #D0965E #DEB58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB7736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BB7736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7736

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7736	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e70',
    500: '#bb7736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7736;
$custom-light: #d49e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.323,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7736

secondary

#84A7C9

accent

#96DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7736

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

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