#BB9738#BB9738

#BB9738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9738
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 3.36, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 53.13, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0047 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.119 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2758, 32.9856, 8.4075)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9738 #385CBB

analogous

#BB5538 #BB9738 #9EBB38

triadic

#BB9738 #38BB97 #9738BB

tetradic

#BB9738 #38BB55 #385CBB #BB389E

square

#BB9738 #38BB55 #385CBB #BB389E

split-complementary

#BB9738 #389EBB #5538BB

monochromatic

#5D4B1C #8C712A #BB9738 #D0B161 #DEC890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9738

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9738	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b574',
    500: '#bb9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9738;
$custom-light: #d3b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9738

secondary

#8699C8

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9738

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

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