#BB512B#BB512B

#BB512B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.147 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB512B
RGB	rgb(187, 81, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 40.53, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 58.52, 46.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.1133 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.147 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8744, 16.6272, 4.2372)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB512B #2B95BB

analogous

#BB2B4D #BB512B #BB992B

triadic

#BB512B #2BBB51 #512BBB

tetradic

#BB512B #4DBB2B #2B95BB #992BBB

square

#BB512B #4DBB2B #2B95BB #992BBB

split-complementary

#BB512B #2BBB99 #2B4DBB

monochromatic

#572614 #893B20 #BB512B #D6714D #E2997F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BB512B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BB512B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB512B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB512B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB512B	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb512b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 81, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.147 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78567',
    500: '#bb512b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb512b;
$custom-light: #d78567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb512b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.833,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB512B

secondary

#78B4CA

accent

#BBE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB512B

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

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