#BB9736#BB9736

#BB9736 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9736
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 3.25, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 53.96, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0042 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.12 88)
XYZ	xyz(32.2278, 32.9664, 8.1550)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9736 #365ABB

analogous

#BB5436 #BB9736 #9DBB36

triadic

#BB9736 #36BB97 #9736BB

tetradic

#BB9736 #36BB54 #365ABB #BB369D

square

#BB9736 #36BB54 #365ABB #BB369D

split-complementary

#BB9736 #369DBB #5436BB

monochromatic

#5C4A1B #8C7128 #BB9736 #D0B15E #DEC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9736

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9736	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)

#A89629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b573',
    500: '#bb9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9736;
$custom-light: #d3b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69205,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.32964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9736

secondary

#8497C9

accent

#72DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9736

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

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