#BB9035#BB9035

#BB9035 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9035
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 7.03, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 52.90, 82.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.015 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.118 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1113, 30.7706, 7.6682)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9035 #3560BB

analogous

#BB4D35 #BB9035 #A3BB35

triadic

#BB9035 #35BB90 #9035BB

tetradic

#BB9035 #35BB4D #3560BB #BB35A3

square

#BB9035 #35BB4D #3560BB #BB35A3

split-complementary

#BB9035 #35A3BB #4D35BB

monochromatic

#5C471A #8B6B27 #BB9035 #D1AB5C #DEC48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BB9035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BB9035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9035

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9035	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b071',
    500: '#bb9035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9035;
$custom-light: #d4b071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67772,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9035

secondary

#8399C9

accent

#79DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9035

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

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