#BB502C#BB502C

#BB502C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB502C
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 41.07, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 58.39, 45.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1151 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.147 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8193, 16.4871, 4.3104)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB502C #2C97BB

analogous

#BB2C4F #BB502C #BB972C

triadic

#BB502C #2CBB50 #502CBB

tetradic

#BB502C #4FBB2C #2C97BB #972CBB

square

#BB502C #4FBB2C #2C97BB #972CBB

split-complementary

#BB502C #2CBB97 #2C4FBB

monochromatic

#582615 #893B20 #BB502C #D6714F #E19980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BB502C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BB502C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB502C

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB502C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB502C	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb502c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78467',
    500: '#bb502c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb502c;
$custom-light: #d78467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb502c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.105,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56383,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB502C

secondary

#79B6CA

accent

#BCE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB502C

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

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