#BB9236#BB9236

#BB9236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9236
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 5.98, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 52.87, 83.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0121 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.118 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4401, 31.3911, 7.8924)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9236 #365FBB

analogous

#BB5036 #BB9236 #A2BB36

triadic

#BB9236 #36BB92 #9236BB

tetradic

#BB9236 #36BB50 #365FBB #BB36A2

square

#BB9236 #36BB50 #365FBB #BB36A2

split-complementary

#BB9236 #36A2BB #5036BB

monochromatic

#5C481B #8C6D28 #BB9236 #D0AD5E #DEC58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BB9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9236

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9236	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)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b172',
    500: '#bb9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9236;
$custom-light: #d3b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68185,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9236

secondary

#8499C9

accent

#77DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9236

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

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