#BB9633#BB9633

#BB9633 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9633
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 3.65, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 54.94, 86.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.005 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.122 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9993, 32.6186, 7.7419)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9633 #3358BB

analogous

#BB5233 #BB9633 #9CBB33

triadic

#BB9633 #33BB96 #9633BB

tetradic

#BB9633 #33BB52 #3358BB #BB339C

square

#BB9633 #33BB52 #3358BB #BB339C

split-complementary

#BB9633 #339CBB #5233BB

monochromatic

#5B4919 #8B6F26 #BB9633 #D2B159 #DFC889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9633 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BB9633 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9633

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9633	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9633	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9633;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b471',
    500: '#bb9633',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9633;
$custom-light: #d4b471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9633",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9633

secondary

#8194C9

accent

#71E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9633

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

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