#BB9136#BB9136

#BB9136 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.118 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9136
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 6.53, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 52.68, 82.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0136 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.118 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2867, 31.0841, 7.8413)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9136 #3660BB

analogous

#BB4F36 #BB9136 #A2BB36

triadic

#BB9136 #36BB91 #9136BB

tetradic

#BB9136 #36BB4F #3660BB #BB36A2

square

#BB9136 #36BB4F #3660BB #BB36A2

split-complementary

#BB9136 #36A2BB #4F36BB

monochromatic

#5C471B #8C6C28 #BB9136 #D0AC5E #DEC58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB9136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BB9136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9136

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9136	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b172',
    500: '#bb9136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9136;
$custom-light: #d4b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9136

secondary

#849AC9

accent

#78DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9136

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

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