#BB9837#BB9837

#BB9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9837
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 2.76, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 53.78, 87.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0029 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.12 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4132, 33.2991, 8.3338)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9837 #375ABB

analogous

#BB5637 #BB9837 #9CBB37

triadic

#BB9837 #37BB98 #9837BB

tetradic

#BB9837 #37BB56 #375ABB #BB379C

square

#BB9837 #37BB56 #375ABB #BB379C

split-complementary

#BB9837 #379CBB #5637BB

monochromatic

#5C4B1B #8C7229 #BB9837 #D0B25F #DEC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9837

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9837	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b673',
    500: '#bb9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9837;
$custom-light: #d3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69419,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9837

secondary

#8597C9

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9837

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

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