#BB9635#BB9635

#BB9635 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9635
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 3.75, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 54.13, 86.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0055 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.121 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0443, 32.6366, 7.9792)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9635 #355ABB

analogous

#BB5335 #BB9635 #9DBB35

triadic

#BB9635 #35BB96 #9635BB

tetradic

#BB9635 #35BB53 #355ABB #BB359D

square

#BB9635 #35BB53 #355ABB #BB359D

split-complementary

#BB9635 #359DBB #5335BB

monochromatic

#5C4A1A #8B7027 #BB9635 #D1B15C #DEC88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB9635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9635

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9635	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b472',
    500: '#bb9635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9635;
$custom-light: #d3b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68992,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9635

secondary

#8396C9

accent

#72DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9635

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

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