#BB8937#BB8937

#BB8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.115 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8937
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, 10.98, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 50.93, 77.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0267 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.115 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1307, 28.7343, 7.5730)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8937 #3769BB

analogous

#BB4737 #BB8937 #ABBB37

triadic

#BB8937 #37BB89 #8937BB

tetradic

#BB8937 #37BB47 #3769BB #BB37AB

square

#BB8937 #37BB47 #3769BB #BB37AB

split-complementary

#BB8937 #37ABBB #4737BB

monochromatic

#5C441B #8C6629 #BB8937 #D0A55F #DEC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BB8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8937

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8937	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.115 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab72',
    500: '#bb8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8937;
$custom-light: #d4ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66392,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8937

secondary

#859FC9

accent

#82DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8937

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

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