#BB9636#BB9636

#BB9636 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9636
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 3.80, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 53.73, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0058 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.12 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0676, 32.6459, 8.1016)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9636 #365BBB

analogous

#BB5336 #BB9636 #9EBB36

triadic

#BB9636 #36BB96 #9636BB

tetradic

#BB9636 #36BB53 #365BBB #BB369E

square

#BB9636 #36BB53 #365BBB #BB369E

split-complementary

#BB9636 #369EBB #5336BB

monochromatic

#5C4A1B #8C7028 #BB9636 #D0B15E #DEC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9636

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9636	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)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b473',
    500: '#bb9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9636;
$custom-light: #d3b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9636

secondary

#8497C9

accent

#73DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9636

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

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