#BB6236#BB6236

#BB6236 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.128 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6236
RGB	rgb(187, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 32.32, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 51.69, 51.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0902 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.128 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5293, 19.5694, 5.9222)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6236 #368FBB

analogous

#BB364C #BB6236 #BBA536

triadic

#BB6236 #36BB62 #6236BB

tetradic

#BB6236 #4CBB36 #368FBB #A536BB

square

#BB6236 #4CBB36 #368FBB #A536BB

split-complementary

#BB6236 #36BBA5 #364CBB

monochromatic

#5C301B #8C4928 #BB6236 #D0845E #DEA88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BB6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BB6236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6236

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6236	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.128 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5906f',
    500: '#bb6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6236;
$custom-light: #d5906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.85,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59266,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6236

secondary

#84B2C9

accent

#ADDF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6236

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

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