#BB9535#BB9535

#BB9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9535
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 4.29, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 53.91, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0071 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.12 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8854, 32.3188, 7.9262)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9535 #355BBB

analogous

#BB5235 #BB9535 #9EBB35

triadic

#BB9535 #35BB95 #9535BB

tetradic

#BB9535 #35BB52 #355BBB #BB359E

square

#BB9535 #35BB52 #355BBB #BB359E

split-complementary

#BB9535 #359EBB #5235BB

monochromatic

#5C491A #8B6F27 #BB9535 #D1B05C #DEC78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BB9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9535

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9535	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b372',
    500: '#bb9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9535;
$custom-light: #d3b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68787,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9535

secondary

#8397C9

accent

#73DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9535

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

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