#BB7939#BB7939

#BB7939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.114 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7939
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 57)
HSL	hsl(30, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 19.95, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 48.86, 65.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0535 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.114 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0715, 24.5376, 7.1279)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7939 #397BBB

analogous

#BB393A #BB7939 #BBBA39

triadic

#BB7939 #39BB79 #7939BB

tetradic

#BB7939 #3ABB39 #397BBB #BA39BB

square

#BB7939 #3ABB39 #397BBB #BA39BB

split-complementary

#BB7939 #39BBBA #393ABB

monochromatic

#5D3C1C #8C5B2B #BB7939 #CF9862 #DDB791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BB7939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#BB7939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7939

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7939	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)

#8E7F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.114 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a072',
    500: '#bb7939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7939;
$custom-light: #d4a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.538,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7939

secondary

#87A8C8

accent

#95DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7939

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

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