#BB7837#BB7837

#BB7837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.116 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7837
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 20.39, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 49.68, 65.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0545 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.116 62)
XYZ	xyz(27.9017, 24.2762, 6.8300)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7837 #377ABB

analogous

#BB3738 #BB7837 #BBBA37

triadic

#BB7837 #37BB78 #7837BB

tetradic

#BB7837 #38BB37 #377ABB #BA37BB

square

#BB7837 #38BB37 #377ABB #BA37BB

split-complementary

#BB7837 #37BBBA #3738BB

monochromatic

#5C3B1B #8C5A29 #BB7837 #D0975F #DEB68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BB7837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BB7837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7837

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7837	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)

#8D7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.116 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49f71',
    500: '#bb7837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7837;
$custom-light: #d49f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63135,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.24274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7837

secondary

#85A7C9

accent

#95DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7837

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

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