#BB7F38#BB7F38

#BB7F38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.114 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7F38
RGB	rgb(187, 127, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 16.57, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 49.50, 70.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.0433 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.114 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7987, 26.0316, 7.2485)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7F38 #3874BB

analogous

#BB3E38 #BB7F38 #B5BB38

triadic

#BB7F38 #38BB7F #7F38BB

tetradic

#BB7F38 #38BB3E #3874BB #BB38B5

square

#BB7F38 #38BB3E #3874BB #BB38B5

split-complementary

#BB7F38 #38B5BB #3E38BB

monochromatic

#5D3F1C #8C5F2A #BB7F38 #D09D61 #DEBA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BB7F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#BB7F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7F38

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7F38	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 127, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.114 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a472',
    500: '#bb7f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7f38;
$custom-light: #d4a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.519,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64461,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7F38

secondary

#86A5C8

accent

#8EDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7F38

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

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