#BB7740#BB7740

#BB7740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.111 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7740
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 21.47, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 45.96, 62.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.0591 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.111 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0178, 24.1312, 8.0317)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7740 #4084BB

analogous

#BB4047 #BB7740 #BBB540

triadic

#BB7740 #40BB77 #7740BB

tetradic

#BB7740 #47BB40 #4084BB #B540BB

square

#BB7740 #47BB40 #4084BB #B540BB

split-complementary

#BB7740 #40BBB5 #4047BB

monochromatic

#603D21 #8D5A30 #BB7740 #CD976C #DCB799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BB7740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BB7740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7740

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7740	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.111 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49e77',
    500: '#bb7740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7740;
$custom-light: #d49e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.829,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63053,
    "c": 0.11081,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7740

secondary

#8FAEC8

accent

#9BD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7740

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

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