#BB9835#BB9835

#BB9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9835
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 2.66, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 54.60, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0023 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.122 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3662, 33.2803, 8.0865)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9835 #3558BB

analogous

#BB5535 #BB9835 #9BBB35

triadic

#BB9835 #35BB98 #9835BB

tetradic

#BB9835 #35BB55 #3558BB #BB359B

square

#BB9835 #35BB55 #3558BB #BB359B

split-complementary

#BB9835 #359BBB #5535BB

monochromatic

#5C4A1A #8B7127 #BB9835 #D1B25C #DEC98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9835

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9835	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b672',
    500: '#bb9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9835;
$custom-light: #d3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9835

secondary

#8395C9

accent

#70DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9835

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

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