#BB9436#BB9436

#BB9436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9436
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 4.89, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 53.29, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0089 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.119 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7511, 32.0131, 7.9961)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9436 #365DBB

analogous

#BB5136 #BB9436 #A0BB36

triadic

#BB9436 #36BB94 #9436BB

tetradic

#BB9436 #36BB51 #365DBB #BB36A0

square

#BB9436 #36BB51 #365DBB #BB36A0

split-complementary

#BB9436 #36A0BB #5136BB

monochromatic

#5C491B #8C6E28 #BB9436 #D0AF5E #DEC68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB9436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BB9436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9436

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9436	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)

#A69329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b372',
    500: '#bb9436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9436;
$custom-light: #d3b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9436

secondary

#8498C9

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9436

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

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