#BB552D#BB552D

#BB552D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.142 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB552D
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 75.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.58, 38.63, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.58, 57.06, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1078 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.142 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2181, 17.2544, 4.5372)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB552D #2D93BB

analogous

#BB2D4C #BB552D #BB9C2D

triadic

#BB552D #2DBB55 #552DBB

tetradic

#BB552D #4CBB2D #2D93BB #9C2DBB

square

#BB552D #4CBB2D #2D93BB #9C2DBB

split-complementary

#BB552D #2DBB9C #2D4CBB

monochromatic

#582815 #8A3F21 #BB552D #D57650 #E19C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB552D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB552D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB552D	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)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.142 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78768',
    500: '#bb552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb552d;
$custom-light: #d78768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.901,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57124,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB552D

secondary

#7AB3CA

accent

#B7E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB552D

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

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