#BB9638#BB9638

#BB9638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.118 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9638
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 3.91, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 52.90, 85.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0063 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.118 87)
XYZ	xyz(32.1155, 32.6651, 8.3541)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9638 #385DBB

analogous

#BB5438 #BB9638 #9FBB38

triadic

#BB9638 #38BB96 #9638BB

tetradic

#BB9638 #38BB54 #385DBB #BB389F

square

#BB9638 #38BB54 #385DBB #BB389F

split-complementary

#BB9638 #389FBB #5438BB

monochromatic

#5D4A1C #8C702A #BB9638 #D0B061 #DEC890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9638

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9638	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)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.118 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b474',
    500: '#bb9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9638;
$custom-light: #d3b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.053,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69017,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.32663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9638

secondary

#8699C8

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9638

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

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