#BB6836#BB6836

#BB6836 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.124 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6836
RGB	rgb(187, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 29.10, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 50.92, 55.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.0804 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.124 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1119, 20.7346, 6.1164)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6836 #3689BB

analogous

#BB3647 #BB6836 #BBAA36

triadic

#BB6836 #36BB68 #6836BB

tetradic

#BB6836 #47BB36 #3689BB #AA36BB

square

#BB6836 #47BB36 #3689BB #AA36BB

split-complementary

#BB6836 #36BBAA #3647BB

monochromatic

#5C331B #8C4E28 #BB6836 #D0895E #DEAC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BB6836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BB6836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6836

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6836	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.124 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5946f',
    500: '#bb6836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6836;
$custom-light: #d5946f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.556,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60271,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6836

secondary

#84AFC9

accent

#A6DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6836

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

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