#BB9437#BB9437

#BB9437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9437
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, 4.94, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 52.87, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0092 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.118 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7749, 32.0226, 8.1211)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9437 #375EBB

analogous

#BB5237 #BB9437 #A0BB37

triadic

#BB9437 #37BB94 #9437BB

tetradic

#BB9437 #37BB52 #375EBB #BB37A0

square

#BB9437 #37BB52 #375EBB #BB37A0

split-complementary

#BB9437 #37A0BB #5237BB

monochromatic

#5C491B #8C6F29 #BB9437 #D0AF5F #DEC68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BB9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9437

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9437	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b373',
    500: '#bb9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9437;
$custom-light: #d3b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.686,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9437

secondary

#8599C9

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9437

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

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