#BB7737#BB7737

#BB7737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7737
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 20.95, 45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 49.67, 65.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0561 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.116 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7821, 24.0369, 6.7901)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7737 #377BBB

analogous

#BB3739 #BB7737 #BBB937

triadic

#BB7737 #37BB77 #7737BB

tetradic

#BB7737 #39BB37 #377BBB #B937BB

square

#BB7737 #39BB37 #377BBB #B937BB

split-complementary

#BB7737 #37BBB9 #3739BB

monochromatic

#5C3B1B #8C5929 #BB7737 #D0965F #DEB58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB7737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BB7737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7737

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7737	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)

#8C7D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e71',
    500: '#bb7737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7737;
$custom-light: #d49e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7737

secondary

#85A8C9

accent

#96DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7737

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

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