#BB9036#BB9036

#BB9036 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9036
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 7.08, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 52.49, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0152 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.117 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1345, 30.7799, 7.7906)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9036 #3661BB

analogous

#BB4E36 #BB9036 #A3BB36

triadic

#BB9036 #36BB90 #9036BB

tetradic

#BB9036 #36BB4E #3661BB #BB36A3

square

#BB9036 #36BB4E #3661BB #BB36A3

split-complementary

#BB9036 #36A3BB #4E36BB

monochromatic

#5C471B #8C6B28 #BB9036 #D0AB5E #DEC48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BB9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BB9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9036

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9036	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b072',
    500: '#bb9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9036;
$custom-light: #d4b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6778,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9036

secondary

#849AC9

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9036

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

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