#BB9639#BB9639

#BB9639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.118 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9639
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 3.96, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 52.48, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0066 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.118 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1402, 32.6750, 8.4842)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9639 #395EBB

analogous

#BB5539 #BB9639 #9FBB39

triadic

#BB9639 #39BB96 #9639BB

tetradic

#BB9639 #39BB55 #395EBB #BB399F

square

#BB9639 #39BB55 #395EBB #BB399F

split-complementary

#BB9639 #399FBB #5539BB

monochromatic

#5D4B1C #8C702B #BB9639 #CFB062 #DDC891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB9639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9639

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9639	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)

#A7952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.118 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b474',
    500: '#bb9639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9639;
$custom-light: #d3b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69026,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9639

secondary

#879AC8

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9639

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

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