#BB7739#BB7739

#BB7739 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.115 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7739
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 21.06, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 48.85, 64.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0568 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.115 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8310, 24.0565, 7.0477)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7739 #397DBB

analogous

#BB393C #BB7739 #BBB839

triadic

#BB7739 #39BB77 #7739BB

tetradic

#BB7739 #3CBB39 #397DBB #B839BB

square

#BB7739 #3CBB39 #397DBB #B839BB

split-complementary

#BB7739 #39BBB8 #393CBB

monochromatic

#5D3B1C #8C592B #BB7739 #CF9662 #DDB591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BB7739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BB7739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7739

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7739	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#8C7D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.115 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e72',
    500: '#bb7739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7739;
$custom-light: #d49e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.615,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7739

secondary

#87A9C8

accent

#97DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7739

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

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