#BB8337#BB8337

#BB8337 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8337
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 14.30, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 50.23, 73.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0365 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.114 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3014, 27.0757, 7.2966)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8337 #376FBB

analogous

#BB4137 #BB8337 #B1BB37

triadic

#BB8337 #37BB83 #8337BB

tetradic

#BB8337 #37BB41 #376FBB #BB37B1

square

#BB8337 #37BB41 #376FBB #BB37B1

split-complementary

#BB8337 #37B1BB #4137BB

monochromatic

#5C411B #8C6229 #BB8337 #D0A05F #DEBC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BB8337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BB8337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8337

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8337	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a772',
    500: '#bb8337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8337;
$custom-light: #d4a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8337

secondary

#85A2C9

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8337

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

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