#BB522F#BB522F

#BB522F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.145 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB522F
RGB	rgb(187, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 40.21, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 56.98, 45.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1131 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.145 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0263, 16.8078, 4.6678)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB522F #2F98BB

analogous

#BB2F52 #BB522F #BB982F

triadic

#BB522F #2FBB52 #522FBB

tetradic

#BB522F #52BB2F #2F98BB #982FBB

square

#BB522F #52BB2F #2F98BB #982FBB

split-complementary

#BB522F #2FBB98 #2F52BB

monochromatic

#592716 #8A3D23 #BB522F #D47353 #E09B84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BB522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BB522F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB522F

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB522F	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)

#6F632B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.145 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78669',
    500: '#bb522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb522f;
$custom-light: #d78669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56704,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB522F

secondary

#7CB6C9

accent

#BBE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB522F

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

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