#BB7436#BB7436

#BB7436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7436
RGB	rgb(187, 116, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 22.55, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 50.11, 63.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.0607 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.118 59)
XYZ	xyz(27.4069, 23.3246, 6.5480)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7436 #367DBB

analogous

#BB363A #BB7436 #BBB736

triadic

#BB7436 #36BB74 #7436BB

tetradic

#BB7436 #3ABB36 #367DBB #B736BB

square

#BB7436 #3ABB36 #367DBB #B736BB

split-complementary

#BB7436 #36BBB7 #363ABB

monochromatic

#5C391B #8C5728 #BB7436 #D0935E #DEB38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BB7436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BB7436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7436

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7436	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 116, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c70',
    500: '#bb7436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7436;
$custom-light: #d59c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.97,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.23322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7436

secondary

#84A9C9

accent

#99DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7436

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

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