#BB8637#BB8637

#BB8637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.114 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8637
RGB	rgb(187, 134, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 12.64, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 50.54, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0316 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.114 74)
XYZ	xyz(29.7102, 27.8932, 7.4329)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8637 #376CBB

analogous

#BB4437 #BB8637 #AEBB37

triadic

#BB8637 #37BB86 #8637BB

tetradic

#BB8637 #37BB44 #376CBB #BB37AE

square

#BB8637 #37BB44 #376CBB #BB37AE

split-complementary

#BB8637 #37AEBB #4437BB

monochromatic

#5C421B #8C6429 #BB8637 #D0A35F #DEBE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB8637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BB8637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8637

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8637	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 134, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.114 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a972',
    500: '#bb8637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8637;
$custom-light: #d4a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65803,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.27891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8637

secondary

#85A0C9

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8637

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

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