#BB9537#BB9537

#BB9537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9537
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 4.40, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 53.09, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0076 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.119 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9324, 32.3376, 8.1736)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9537 #375DBB

analogous

#BB5337 #BB9537 #9FBB37

triadic

#BB9537 #37BB95 #9537BB

tetradic

#BB9537 #37BB53 #375DBB #BB379F

square

#BB9537 #37BB53 #375DBB #BB379F

split-complementary

#BB9537 #379FBB #5337BB

monochromatic

#5C4A1B #8C6F29 #BB9537 #D0B05F #DEC78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9537

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9537	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b373',
    500: '#bb9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9537;
$custom-light: #d3b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68804,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9537

secondary

#8599C9

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9537

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

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