#BB501B#BB501B

#BB501B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.152 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB501B
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 86%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 85.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, 40.50, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 63.81, 50.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% 0.1107 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.152 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5625, 16.3845, 2.9585)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB501B #1B86BB

analogous

#BB1B36 #BB501B #BBA01B

triadic

#BB501B #1BBB50 #501BBB

tetradic

#BB501B #36BB1B #1B86BB #A01BBB

square

#BB501B #36BB1B #1B86BB #A01BBB

split-complementary

#BB501B #1BBBA0 #1B36BB

monochromatic

#50220C #863913 #BB501B #E16C32 #E99267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BB501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BB501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB501B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB501B	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.152 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8845d',
    500: '#bb501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb501b;
$custom-light: #d8845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.875,
    "s": 74.766,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56241,
    "c": 0.15163,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB501B

secondary

#63ABCE

accent

#B3F136

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFE9

border

#D5CAC5

text

#160B04

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB501B

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

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