#BB9536#BB9536

#BB9536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9536
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 4.34, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 53.50, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0073 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.119 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9087, 32.3281, 8.0486)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9536 #365CBB

analogous

#BB5236 #BB9536 #9FBB36

triadic

#BB9536 #36BB95 #9536BB

tetradic

#BB9536 #36BB52 #365CBB #BB369F

square

#BB9536 #36BB52 #365CBB #BB369F

split-complementary

#BB9536 #369FBB #5236BB

monochromatic

#5C491B #8C6F28 #BB9536 #D0B05E #DEC78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9536

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9536	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b372',
    500: '#bb9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9536;
$custom-light: #d3b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68796,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9536

secondary

#8498C9

accent

#74DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9536

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

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