#BB9137#BB9137

#BB9137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.117 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9137
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 6.58, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 52.26, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0139 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.117 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3104, 31.0936, 7.9662)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9137 #3761BB

analogous

#BB4F37 #BB9137 #A3BB37

triadic

#BB9137 #37BB91 #9137BB

tetradic

#BB9137 #37BB4F #3761BB #BB37A3

square

#BB9137 #37BB4F #3761BB #BB37A3

split-complementary

#BB9137 #37A3BB #4F37BB

monochromatic

#5C481B #8C6C29 #BB9137 #D0AC5F #DEC58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB9137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BB9137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9137

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9137	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.117 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b173',
    500: '#bb9137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9137;
$custom-light: #d3b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67991,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9137

secondary

#859BC9

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9137

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

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