#BB9735#BB9735

#BB9735 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9735
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 3.20, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 54.36, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0039 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.121 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2046, 32.9571, 8.0326)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9735 #3559BB

analogous

#BB5435 #BB9735 #9CBB35

triadic

#BB9735 #35BB97 #9735BB

tetradic

#BB9735 #35BB54 #3559BB #BB359C

square

#BB9735 #35BB54 #3559BB #BB359C

split-complementary

#BB9735 #359CBB #5435BB

monochromatic

#5C4A1A #8B7027 #BB9735 #D1B25C #DEC88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB9735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9735

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9735	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b572',
    500: '#bb9735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9735;
$custom-light: #d3b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69197,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9735

secondary

#8396C9

accent

#71DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9735

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

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