#BB8336#BB8336

#BB8336 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.115 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8336
RGB	rgb(187, 131, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 14.25, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 50.65, 73.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0362 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.115 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2777, 27.0662, 7.1716)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8336 #366EBB

analogous

#BB4136 #BB8336 #B1BB36

triadic

#BB8336 #36BB83 #8336BB

tetradic

#BB8336 #36BB41 #366EBB #BB36B1

square

#BB8336 #36BB41 #366EBB #BB36B1

split-complementary

#BB8336 #36B1BB #4136BB

monochromatic

#5C401B #8C6228 #BB8336 #D0A05E #DEBC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BB8336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BB8336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8336

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8336	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 131, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.115 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a771',
    500: '#bb8336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8336;
$custom-light: #d4a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6521,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8336

secondary

#84A1C9

accent

#88DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8336

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

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