#BB9037#BB9037

#BB9037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9037
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 7.13, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 52.07, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.0155 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.117 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1583, 30.7893, 7.9155)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9037 #3762BB

analogous

#BB4E37 #BB9037 #A4BB37

triadic

#BB9037 #37BB90 #9037BB

tetradic

#BB9037 #37BB4E #3762BB #BB37A4

square

#BB9037 #37BB4E #3762BB #BB37A4

split-complementary

#BB9037 #37A4BB #4E37BB

monochromatic

#5C471B #8C6C29 #BB9037 #D0AB5F #DEC48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BB9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9037

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9037	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b073',
    500: '#bb9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9037;
$custom-light: #d3b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67789,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9037

secondary

#859BC9

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9037

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

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