#BB7738#BB7738

#BB7738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.116 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7738
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 21.00, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 49.26, 64.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0564 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.116 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8063, 24.0466, 6.9177)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7738 #387CBB

analogous

#BB383B #BB7738 #BBB838

triadic

#BB7738 #38BB77 #7738BB

tetradic

#BB7738 #3BBB38 #387CBB #B838BB

square

#BB7738 #3BBB38 #387CBB #B838BB

split-complementary

#BB7738 #38BBB8 #383BBB

monochromatic

#5D3B1C #8C592A #BB7738 #D09661 #DEB590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BB7738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BB7738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7738

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7738	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)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.116 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e71',
    500: '#bb7738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7738;
$custom-light: #d49e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.855,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6296,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7738

secondary

#86A9C8

accent

#97DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7738

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

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