#BB9737#BB9737

#BB9737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9737
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 3.31, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 53.54, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0045 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.12 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2515, 32.9759, 8.2800)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9737 #375BBB

analogous

#BB5537 #BB9737 #9DBB37

triadic

#BB9737 #37BB97 #9737BB

tetradic

#BB9737 #37BB55 #375BBB #BB379D

square

#BB9737 #37BB55 #375BBB #BB379D

split-complementary

#BB9737 #379DBB #5537BB

monochromatic

#5C4B1B #8C7129 #BB9737 #D0B15F #DEC88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9737

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9737	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b573',
    500: '#bb9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9737;
$custom-light: #d3b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69214,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9737

secondary

#8598C9

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9737

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

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