#BB7A38#BB7A38

#BB7A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7A38
RGB	rgb(187, 122, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 19.34, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 49.29, 66.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0515 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.115 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1690, 24.7720, 7.0385)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7A38 #3879BB

analogous

#BB3938 #BB7A38 #BABB38

triadic

#BB7A38 #38BB7A #7A38BB

tetradic

#BB7A38 #38BB39 #3879BB #BB38BA

square

#BB7A38 #38BB39 #3879BB #BB38BA

split-complementary

#BB7A38 #38BABB #3938BB

monochromatic

#5D3D1C #8C5B2A #BB7A38 #D09961 #DEB790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BB7A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#BB7A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7A38

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7A38	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 122, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a072',
    500: '#bb7a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7a38;
$custom-light: #d4a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.229,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63517,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7A38

secondary

#86A7C8

accent

#93DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7A38

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

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