#BB7836#BB7836

#BB7836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.116 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7836
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 54)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 20.34, 45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 50.08, 66.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0542 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.116 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8780, 24.2667, 6.7051)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7836 #3679BB

analogous

#BB3637 #BB7836 #BBBA36

triadic

#BB7836 #36BB78 #7836BB

tetradic

#BB7836 #37BB36 #3679BB #BA36BB

square

#BB7836 #37BB36 #3679BB #BA36BB

split-complementary

#BB7836 #36BBBA #3637BB

monochromatic

#5C3B1B #8C5A28 #BB7836 #D0975E #DEB58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB7836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BB7836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7836

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7836	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)

#8D7E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.116 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49f70',
    500: '#bb7836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7836;
$custom-light: #d49f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.774,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63124,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7836

secondary

#84A7C9

accent

#94DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7836

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

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