#BB8237#BB8237

#BB8237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8237
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 14.86, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 50.14, 72.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0381 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.114 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1678, 26.8084, 7.2520)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8237 #3770BB

analogous

#BB4037 #BB8237 #B2BB37

triadic

#BB8237 #37BB82 #8237BB

tetradic

#BB8237 #37BB40 #3770BB #BB37B2

square

#BB8237 #37BB40 #3770BB #BB37B2

split-complementary

#BB8237 #37B2BB #4037BB

monochromatic

#5C401B #8C6129 #BB8237 #D09F5F #DEBC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BB8237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BB8237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8237

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8237	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a672',
    500: '#bb8237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8237;
$custom-light: #d4a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65026,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8237

secondary

#85A2C9

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8237

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

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