#BB9435#BB9435

#BB9435 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.120 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9435
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 4.84, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 53.70, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0086 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.12 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7279, 32.0038, 7.8737)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9435 #355CBB

analogous

#BB5135 #BB9435 #9FBB35

triadic

#BB9435 #35BB94 #9435BB

tetradic

#BB9435 #35BB51 #355CBB #BB359F

square

#BB9435 #35BB51 #355CBB #BB359F

split-complementary

#BB9435 #359FBB #5135BB

monochromatic

#5C491A #8B6E27 #BB9435 #D1AF5C #DEC68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB9435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BB9435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9435

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9435	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.120 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b372',
    500: '#bb9435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9435;
$custom-light: #d3b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68583,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9435

secondary

#8397C9

accent

#74DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9435

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

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