#BB9336#BB9336

#BB9336 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9336
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 5.44, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 53.08, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0105 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.118 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5950, 31.7007, 7.9441)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9336 #365EBB

analogous

#BB5136 #BB9336 #A1BB36

triadic

#BB9336 #36BB93 #9336BB

tetradic

#BB9336 #36BB51 #365EBB #BB36A1

square

#BB9336 #36BB51 #365EBB #BB36A1

split-complementary

#BB9336 #36A1BB #5136BB

monochromatic

#5C481B #8C6E28 #BB9336 #D0AE5E #DEC68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BB9336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9336

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9336	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)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b272',
    500: '#bb9336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9336;
$custom-light: #d3b272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68388,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9336

secondary

#8499C9

accent

#76DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9336

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

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