#BB4E27#BB4E27

#BB4E27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.150 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB4E27
RGB	rgb(187, 78, 39)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 41.84, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 60.43, 46.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1166 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.15 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5866, 16.1633, 3.7969)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB4E27 #2794BB

analogous

#BB274A #BB4E27 #BB9827

triadic

#BB4E27 #27BB4E #4E27BB

tetradic

#BB4E27 #4ABB27 #2794BB #9827BB

square

#BB4E27 #4ABB27 #2794BB #9827BB

split-complementary

#BB4E27 #27BB98 #274ABB

monochromatic

#562412 #88391C #BB4E27 #D96D47 #E39579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BB4E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BB4E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB4E27

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB4E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB4E27	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb4e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 78, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.150 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78364',
    500: '#bb4e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb4e27;
$custom-light: #d78364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb4e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.811,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56051,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB4E27

secondary

#73B4CB

accent

#BCE83F

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB4E27

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

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