#BB8536#BB8536

#BB8536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.115 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8536
RGB	rgb(187, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 13.14, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 50.85, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0329 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.115 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5489, 27.6086, 7.2620)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8536 #366CBB

analogous

#BB4236 #BB8536 #AFBB36

triadic

#BB8536 #36BB85 #8536BB

tetradic

#BB8536 #36BB42 #366CBB #BB36AF

square

#BB8536 #36BB42 #366CBB #BB36AF

split-complementary

#BB8536 #36AFBB #4236BB

monochromatic

#5C411B #8C6328 #BB8536 #D0A25E #DEBD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BB8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8536

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8536	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.115 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a871',
    500: '#bb8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8536;
$custom-light: #d4a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.639,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65598,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8536

secondary

#84A0C9

accent

#86DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8536

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

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