#BB9936#BB9936

#BB9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9936
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 2.17, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 54.43, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0011 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.121 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5524, 33.6156, 8.2632)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9936 #3658BB

analogous

#BB5736 #BB9936 #9ABB36

triadic

#BB9936 #36BB99 #9936BB

tetradic

#BB9936 #36BB57 #3658BB #BB369A

square

#BB9936 #36BB57 #3658BB #BB369A

split-complementary

#BB9936 #369ABB #5736BB

monochromatic

#5C4B1B #8C7228 #BB9936 #D0B35E #DEC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9936

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9936	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b673',
    500: '#bb9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9936;
$custom-light: #d3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9936

secondary

#8496C9

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9936

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

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