#BB9235#BB9235

#BB9235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9235
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 5.93, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 53.29, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0118 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.119 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4169, 31.3818, 7.7700)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9235 #355EBB

analogous

#BB4F35 #BB9235 #A1BB35

triadic

#BB9235 #35BB92 #9235BB

tetradic

#BB9235 #35BB4F #355EBB #BB35A1

square

#BB9235 #35BB4F #355EBB #BB35A1

split-complementary

#BB9235 #35A1BB #4F35BB

monochromatic

#5C481A #8B6D27 #BB9235 #D1AD5C #DEC58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BB9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9235

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9235	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b172',
    500: '#bb9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9235;
$custom-light: #d4b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68176,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9235

secondary

#8398C9

accent

#77DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9235

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

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