#BB4D27#BB4D27

#BB4D27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.151 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4D27
RGB	rgb(187, 77, 39)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 42.32, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 60.64, 45.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1181 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.151 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5161, 16.0223, 3.7734)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4D27 #2795BB

analogous

#BB274B #BB4D27 #BB9727

triadic

#BB4D27 #27BB4D #4D27BB

tetradic

#BB4D27 #4BBB27 #2795BB #9727BB

square

#BB4D27 #4BBB27 #2795BB #9727BB

split-complementary

#BB4D27 #27BB97 #274BBB

monochromatic

#562312 #88381C #BB4D27 #D96C47 #E39479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BB4D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BB4D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4D27

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4D27	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 77, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.151 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78264',
    500: '#bb4d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4d27;
$custom-light: #d78264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.405,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55911,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4D27

secondary

#73B4CB

accent

#BDE83F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4D27

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

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