#BB9337#BB9337

#BB9337 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9337
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 5.49, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 52.66, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0107 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.118 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6187, 31.7102, 8.0690)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9337 #375FBB

analogous

#BB5137 #BB9337 #A1BB37

triadic

#BB9337 #37BB93 #9337BB

tetradic

#BB9337 #37BB51 #375FBB #BB37A1

square

#BB9337 #37BB51 #375FBB #BB37A1

split-complementary

#BB9337 #37A1BB #5137BB

monochromatic

#5C491B #8C6E29 #BB9337 #D0AE5F #DEC68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BB9337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9337

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9337	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b273',
    500: '#bb9337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9337;
$custom-light: #d3b273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68397,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9337

secondary

#859AC9

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9337

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

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