#BB7936#BB7936

#BB7936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7936
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 54)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, 19.79, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 50.10, 66.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0525 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.116 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9989, 24.5085, 6.7454)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7936 #3678BB

analogous

#BB3736 #BB7936 #BABB36

triadic

#BB7936 #36BB79 #7936BB

tetradic

#BB7936 #36BB37 #3678BB #BB36BA

square

#BB7936 #36BB37 #3678BB #BB36BA

split-complementary

#BB7936 #36BABB #3736BB

monochromatic

#5C3C1B #8C5A28 #BB7936 #D0985E #DEB68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BB7936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BB7936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7936

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7936	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a070',
    500: '#bb7936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7936;
$custom-light: #d4a070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.226,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6331,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7936

secondary

#84A6C9

accent

#93DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7936

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

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