#BB7831#BB7831

#BB7831 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7831
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 49)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 20.09, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 52.10, 67.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0527 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.119 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7665, 24.2221, 6.1181)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7831 #3174BB

analogous

#BB3331 #BB7831 #B9BB31

triadic

#BB7831 #31BB78 #7831BB

tetradic

#BB7831 #31BB33 #3174BB #BB31B9

square

#BB7831 #31BB33 #3174BB #BB31B9

split-complementary

#BB7831 #31B9BB #3331BB

monochromatic

#5A3A18 #8B5924 #BB7831 #D39656 #E0B487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB7831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#BB7831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7831

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7831	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59f6d',
    500: '#bb7831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7831;
$custom-light: #d59f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.87,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7831

secondary

#7FA3C9

accent

#92E246

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7831

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

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