#BB7937#BB7937

#BB7937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7937
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 19.84, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 49.69, 66.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0528 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.116 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0226, 24.5180, 6.8703)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7937 #3779BB

analogous

#BB3737 #BB7937 #BBBB37

triadic

#BB7937 #37BB79 #7937BB

tetradic

#BB7937 #37BB37 #3779BB #BB37BB

square

#BB7937 #37BB37 #3779BB #BB37BB

split-complementary

#BB7937 #37BBBB #3737BB

monochromatic

#5C3C1B #8C5A29 #BB7937 #D0985F #DEB68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BB7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BB7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7937

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7937	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a071',
    500: '#bb7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7937;
$custom-light: #d4a071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6332,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7937

secondary

#85A7C9

accent

#94DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7937

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

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