#BB552B#BB552B

#BB552B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.143 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB552B
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 38.54, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 57.74, 48.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1072 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.143 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1805, 17.2393, 4.3392)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB552B #2B91BB

analogous

#BB2B49 #BB552B #BB9D2B

triadic

#BB552B #2BBB55 #552BBB

tetradic

#BB552B #49BB2B #2B91BB #9D2BBB

square

#BB552B #49BB2B #2B91BB #9D2BBB

split-complementary

#BB552B #2BBB9D #2B49BB

monochromatic

#572814 #893E20 #BB552B #D6754D #E29C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB552B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB552B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.143 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78767',
    500: '#bb552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb552b;
$custom-light: #d78767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57104,
    "c": 0.14305,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB552B

secondary

#78B2CA

accent

#B6E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB552B

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

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