#BB8236#BB8236

#BB8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.115 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8236
RGB	rgb(187, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 14.80, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 50.56, 72.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0378 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.115 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1440, 26.7989, 7.1271)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8236 #366FBB

analogous

#BB4036 #BB8236 #B2BB36

triadic

#BB8236 #36BB82 #8236BB

tetradic

#BB8236 #36BB40 #366FBB #BB36B2

square

#BB8236 #36BB40 #366FBB #BB36B2

split-complementary

#BB8236 #36B2BB #4036BB

monochromatic

#5C401B #8C6128 #BB8236 #D09F5E #DEBB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BB8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BB8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8236

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8236	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96852D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.115 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a671',
    500: '#bb8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8236;
$custom-light: #d4a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65016,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8236

secondary

#84A2C9

accent

#89DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8236

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

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