#BB7C38#BB7C38

#BB7C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.114 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7C38
RGB	rgb(187, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 18.23, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 49.35, 68.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0482 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.114 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4171, 25.2682, 7.1212)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7C38 #3877BB

analogous

#BB3B38 #BB7C38 #B8BB38

triadic

#BB7C38 #38BB7C #7C38BB

tetradic

#BB7C38 #38BB3B #3877BB #BB38B8

square

#BB7C38 #38BB3B #3877BB #BB38B8

split-complementary

#BB7C38 #38B8BB #3B38BB

monochromatic

#5D3E1C #8C5D2A #BB7C38 #D09A61 #DEB890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#BB7C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#BB7C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7C38

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7C38	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.114 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a272',
    500: '#bb7c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7c38;
$custom-light: #d4a272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.145,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63892,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7C38

secondary

#86A6C8

accent

#91DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7C38

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

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