#BB4C24#BB4C24

#BB4C24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.153 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4C24
RGB	rgb(187, 76, 36)
HSL	hsl(16, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 42.70, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 61.80, 46.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1188 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.153 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3989, 15.8643, 3.4987)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4C24 #2493BB

analogous

#BB2447 #BB4C24 #BB9724

triadic

#BB4C24 #24BB4C #4C24BB

tetradic

#BB4C24 #47BB24 #2493BB #9724BB

square

#BB4C24 #47BB24 #2493BB #9724BB

split-complementary

#BB4C24 #24BB97 #2447BB

monochromatic

#542210 #88371A #BB4C24 #DB6A42 #E49275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#BB4C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#BB4C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4C24

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4C24	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 76, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.153 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78262',
    500: '#bb4c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4c24;
$custom-light: #d78262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.894,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55746,
    "c": 0.15293,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4C24

secondary

#6FB3CC

accent

#BDEB3D

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4C24

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

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