#BB9335#BB9335

#BB9335 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9335
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 5.38, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 53.49, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0102 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.119 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5717, 31.6914, 7.8216)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9335 #355DBB

analogous

#BB5035 #BB9335 #A0BB35

triadic

#BB9335 #35BB93 #9335BB

tetradic

#BB9335 #35BB50 #355DBB #BB35A0

square

#BB9335 #35BB50 #355DBB #BB35A0

split-complementary

#BB9335 #35A0BB #5035BB

monochromatic

#5C481A #8B6E27 #BB9335 #D1AE5C #DEC68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BB9335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9335

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9335	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b272',
    500: '#bb9335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9335;
$custom-light: #d3b272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68379,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9335

secondary

#8398C9

accent

#76DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9335

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

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