#BB8537#BB8537

#BB8537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.114 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8537
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 13.20, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 50.43, 74.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0332 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.114 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5726, 27.6181, 7.3870)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8537 #376DBB

analogous

#BB4337 #BB8537 #AFBB37

triadic

#BB8537 #37BB85 #8537BB

tetradic

#BB8537 #37BB43 #376DBB #BB37AF

square

#BB8537 #37BB43 #376DBB #BB37AF

split-complementary

#BB8537 #37AFBB #4337BB

monochromatic

#5C421B #8C6329 #BB8537 #D0A25F #DEBD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BB8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8537

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8537	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.114 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a872',
    500: '#bb8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8537;
$custom-light: #d4a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65608,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8537

secondary

#85A1C9

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8537

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

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