#BB7835#BB7835

#BB7835 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7835
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 53)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 20.29, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 50.49, 66.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0539 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.117 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8547, 24.2574, 6.5826)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7835 #3578BB

analogous

#BB3535 #BB7835 #BBBB35

triadic

#BB7835 #35BB78 #7835BB

tetradic

#BB7835 #35BB35 #3578BB #BB35BB

square

#BB7835 #35BB35 #3578BB #BB35BB

split-complementary

#BB7835 #35BBBB #3535BB

monochromatic

#5C3B1A #8B5927 #BB7835 #D1975C #DEB58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB7835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BB7835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7835

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7835	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49f70',
    500: '#bb7835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7835;
$custom-light: #d49f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63114,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7835

secondary

#83A6C9

accent

#94DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7835

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

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