#BB7938#BB7938

#BB7938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.115 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7938
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 19.89, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 49.28, 66.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0531 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.115 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0468, 24.5277, 6.9978)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7938 #387ABB

analogous

#BB3839 #BB7938 #BBBA38

triadic

#BB7938 #38BB79 #7938BB

tetradic

#BB7938 #39BB38 #387ABB #BA38BB

square

#BB7938 #39BB38 #387ABB #BA38BB

split-complementary

#BB7938 #38BBBA #3839BB

monochromatic

#5D3C1C #8C5B2A #BB7938 #D09861 #DEB690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BB7938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#BB7938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7938

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7938	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.115 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a072',
    500: '#bb7938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7938;
$custom-light: #d4a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.771,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63331,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7938

secondary

#86A8C8

accent

#94DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7938

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

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