#BB8437#BB8437

#BB8437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8437
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 13.75, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 50.33, 74.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0348 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.114 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4364, 27.3456, 7.3416)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8437 #376EBB

analogous

#BB4237 #BB8437 #B0BB37

triadic

#BB8437 #37BB84 #8437BB

tetradic

#BB8437 #37BB42 #376EBB #BB37B0

square

#BB8437 #37BB42 #376EBB #BB37B0

split-complementary

#BB8437 #37B0BB #4237BB

monochromatic

#5C411B #8C6329 #BB8437 #D0A15F #DEBD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BB8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8437

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8437	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a772',
    500: '#bb8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8437;
$custom-light: #d4a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65413,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8437

secondary

#85A1C9

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8437

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

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