#BB8836#BB8836

#BB8836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.115 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8836
RGB	rgb(187, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, 11.48, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 51.21, 77.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.0281 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.115 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9655, 28.4418, 7.4009)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8836 #3669BB

analogous

#BB4536 #BB8836 #ACBB36

triadic

#BB8836 #36BB88 #8836BB

tetradic

#BB8836 #36BB45 #3669BB #BB36AC

square

#BB8836 #36BB45 #3669BB #BB36AC

split-complementary

#BB8836 #36ACBB #4536BB

monochromatic

#5C431B #8C6528 #BB8836 #D0A45E #DEBF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB8836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BB8836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8836

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8836	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.115 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa71',
    500: '#bb8836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8836;
$custom-light: #d4aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66186,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8836

secondary

#849EC9

accent

#83DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8836

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

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