#BB9637#BB9637

#BB9637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9637
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 3.85, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 53.31, 85.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.006 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.119 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0913, 32.6554, 8.2265)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9637 #375CBB

analogous

#BB5437 #BB9637 #9EBB37

triadic

#BB9637 #37BB96 #9637BB

tetradic

#BB9637 #37BB54 #375CBB #BB379E

square

#BB9637 #37BB54 #375CBB #BB379E

split-complementary

#BB9637 #379EBB #5437BB

monochromatic

#5C4A1B #8C7029 #BB9637 #D0B05F #DEC88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9637

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9637	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)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b473',
    500: '#bb9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9637;
$custom-light: #d3b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69009,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9637

secondary

#8598C9

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9637

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

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