#BB7757#BB7757

#BB7757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.097 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7757
RGB	rgb(187, 119, 87)
HSL	hsl(19, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(19, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 23.23, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 36.84, 50.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.0678 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.097 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8124, 24.4491, 12.2167)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7757 #579BBB

analogous

#BB5769 #BB7757 #BBA957

triadic

#BB7757 #57BB77 #7757BB

tetradic

#BB7757 #69BB57 #579BBB #A957BB

square

#BB7757 #69BB57 #579BBB #A957BB

split-complementary

#BB7757 #57BBA9 #5769BB

monochromatic

#6C402C #975A3D #BB7757 #CD9A83 #DEBEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BB7757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#BB7757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7757

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7757	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 119, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.097 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39e87',
    500: '#bb7757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7757;
$custom-light: #d39e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63399,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7757

secondary

#A2BFCC

accent

#AAD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7757

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

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