#BB8436#BB8436

#BB8436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.115 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8436
RGB	rgb(187, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 13.70, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 50.74, 74.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0345 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.115 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4127, 27.3361, 7.2166)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8436 #366DBB

analogous

#BB4136 #BB8436 #B0BB36

triadic

#BB8436 #36BB84 #8436BB

tetradic

#BB8436 #36BB41 #366DBB #BB36B0

square

#BB8436 #36BB41 #366DBB #BB36B0

split-complementary

#BB8436 #36B0BB #4136BB

monochromatic

#5C411B #8C6228 #BB8436 #D0A15E #DEBD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BB8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8436

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8436	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.115 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a771',
    500: '#bb8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8436;
$custom-light: #d4a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.188,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65404,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8436

secondary

#84A0C9

accent

#87DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8436

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

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