#BB7E38#BB7E38

#BB7E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.114 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7E38
RGB	rgb(187, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 17.13, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 49.44, 69.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0449 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.114 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6702, 25.7746, 7.2056)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7E38 #3875BB

analogous

#BB3D38 #BB7E38 #B6BB38

triadic

#BB7E38 #38BB7E #7E38BB

tetradic

#BB7E38 #38BB3D #3875BB #BB38B6

square

#BB7E38 #38BB3D #3875BB #BB38B6

split-complementary

#BB7E38 #38B6BB #3D38BB

monochromatic

#5D3F1C #8C5E2A #BB7E38 #D09C61 #DEB990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BB7E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#BB7E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7E38

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7E38	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.114 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a372',
    500: '#bb7e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7e38;
$custom-light: #d4a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.061,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64271,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7E38

secondary

#86A5C8

accent

#8FDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7E38

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

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