#BB8037#BB8037

#BB8037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.114 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8037
RGB	rgb(187, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, 15.96, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 49.98, 71.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0414 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.114 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9043, 26.2815, 7.1642)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8037 #3772BB

analogous

#BB3E37 #BB8037 #B4BB37

triadic

#BB8037 #37BB80 #8037BB

tetradic

#BB8037 #37BB3E #3772BB #BB37B4

square

#BB8037 #37BB3E #3772BB #BB37B4

split-complementary

#BB8037 #37B4BB #3E37BB

monochromatic

#5C3F1B #8C6029 #BB8037 #D09E5F #DEBA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#BB8037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#BB8037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8037

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8037	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.114 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a471',
    500: '#bb8037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8037;
$custom-light: #d4a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64642,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8037

secondary

#85A3C9

accent

#8CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8037

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

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