#BB9237#BB9237

#BB9237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9237
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 6.04, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 52.46, 83.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0123 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.117 84)
XYZ	xyz(31.4639, 31.4006, 8.0174)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9237 #3760BB

analogous

#BB5037 #BB9237 #A2BB37

triadic

#BB9237 #37BB92 #9237BB

tetradic

#BB9237 #37BB50 #3760BB #BB37A2

square

#BB9237 #37BB50 #3760BB #BB37A2

split-complementary

#BB9237 #37A2BB #5037BB

monochromatic

#5C481B #8C6D29 #BB9237 #D0AD5F #DEC58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BB9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9237

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9237	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b173',
    500: '#bb9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9237;
$custom-light: #d3b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68194,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.31398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9237

secondary

#859AC9

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9237

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

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