#BB6436#BB6436

#BB6436 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.127 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6436
RGB	rgb(187, 100, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 31.25, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 51.40, 52.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.0869 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.127 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7188, 19.9484, 5.9853)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6436 #368DBB

analogous

#BB364A #BB6436 #BBA736

triadic

#BB6436 #36BB64 #6436BB

tetradic

#BB6436 #4ABB36 #368DBB #A736BB

square

#BB6436 #4ABB36 #368DBB #A736BB

split-complementary

#BB6436 #36BBA7 #364ABB

monochromatic

#5C311B #8C4B28 #BB6436 #D0855E #DEA98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BB6436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BB6436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6436

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6436	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 100, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.127 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5916f',
    500: '#bb6436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6436;
$custom-light: #d5916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.752,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59597,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6436

secondary

#84B1C9

accent

#ABDF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6436

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

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