#BB7B38#BB7B38

#BB7B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.115 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7B38
RGB	rgb(187, 123, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 18.79, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 49.32, 67.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0499 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.115 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2924, 25.0188, 7.0797)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7B38 #3878BB

analogous

#BB3A38 #BB7B38 #B9BB38

triadic

#BB7B38 #38BB7B #7B38BB

tetradic

#BB7B38 #38BB3A #3878BB #BB38B9

square

#BB7B38 #38BB3A #3878BB #BB38B9

split-complementary

#BB7B38 #38B9BB #3A38BB

monochromatic

#5D3D1C #8C5C2A #BB7B38 #D09961 #DEB890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BB7B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#BB7B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7B38

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7B38	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 123, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.115 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a172',
    500: '#bb7b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7b38;
$custom-light: #d4a172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.687,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7B38

secondary

#86A7C8

accent

#92DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7B38

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

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