#BB8936#BB8936

#BB8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.116 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8936
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 10.93, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 51.34, 77.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0265 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.116 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1070, 28.7248, 7.4481)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8936 #3668BB

analogous

#BB4736 #BB8936 #AABB36

triadic

#BB8936 #36BB89 #8936BB

tetradic

#BB8936 #36BB47 #3668BB #BB36AA

square

#BB8936 #36BB47 #3668BB #BB36AA

split-complementary

#BB8936 #36AABB #4736BB

monochromatic

#5C431B #8C6628 #BB8936 #D0A55E #DEC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BB8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BB8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8936

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8936	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.116 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab71',
    500: '#bb8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8936;
$custom-light: #d4ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66383,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8936

secondary

#849EC9

accent

#81DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8936

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

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