#BB522C#BB522C

#BB522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.145 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB522C
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 40.08, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 57.98, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1121 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.145 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9679, 16.7844, 4.3600)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB522C #2C95BB

analogous

#BB2C4D #BB522C #BB992C

triadic

#BB522C #2CBB52 #522CBB

tetradic

#BB522C #4DBB2C #2C95BB #992CBB

square

#BB522C #4DBB2C #2C95BB #992CBB

split-complementary

#BB522C #2CBB99 #2C4DBB

monochromatic

#582715 #893C20 #BB522C #D6734F #E19A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BB522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB522C

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB522C	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.145 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78567',
    500: '#bb522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb522c;
$custom-light: #d78567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.944,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56672,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB522C

secondary

#79B4CA

accent

#BAE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB522C

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

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