#BB8733#BB8733

#BB8733 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.117 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8733
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 11.88, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 52.32, 76.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0288 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.117 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7570, 28.1341, 6.9945)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8733 #3367BB

analogous

#BB4333 #BB8733 #ABBB33

triadic

#BB8733 #33BB87 #8733BB

tetradic

#BB8733 #33BB43 #3367BB #BB33AB

square

#BB8733 #33BB43 #3367BB #BB33AB

split-complementary

#BB8733 #33ABBB #4333BB

monochromatic

#5B4219 #8B6426 #BB8733 #D2A459 #DFBE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB8733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BB8733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8733

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8733	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.117 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a970',
    500: '#bb8733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8733;
$custom-light: #d4a970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65962,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8733

secondary

#819CC9

accent

#82E047

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8733

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

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