#BB8737#BB8737

#BB8737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.115 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8737
RGB	rgb(187, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 12.09, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 50.66, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.03 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.115 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8491, 28.1709, 7.4791)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8737 #376BBB

analogous

#BB4537 #BB8737 #ADBB37

triadic

#BB8737 #37BB87 #8737BB

tetradic

#BB8737 #37BB45 #376BBB #BB37AD

square

#BB8737 #37BB45 #376BBB #BB37AD

split-complementary

#BB8737 #37ADBB #4537BB

monochromatic

#5C431B #8C6529 #BB8737 #D0A45F #DEBF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BB8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8737

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8737	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.115 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a972',
    500: '#bb8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8737;
$custom-light: #d4a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65999,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8737

secondary

#85A0C9

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8737

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

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