#BB6936#BB6936

#BB6936 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.123 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6936
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 28.56, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 50.81, 55.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.0788 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.123 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2132, 20.9371, 6.1501)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6936 #3688BB

analogous

#BB3645 #BB6936 #BBAC36

triadic

#BB6936 #36BB69 #6936BB

tetradic

#BB6936 #45BB36 #3688BB #AC36BB

square

#BB6936 #45BB36 #3688BB #AC36BB

split-complementary

#BB6936 #36BBAC #3645BB

monochromatic

#5C341B #8C4E28 #BB6936 #D08A5E #DEAC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB6936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB6936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6936

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6936	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.123 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5956f',
    500: '#bb6936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6936;
$custom-light: #d5956f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.008,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60443,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6936

secondary

#84AEC9

accent

#A5DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6936

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

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