#BB552F#BB552F

#BB552F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.142 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB552F
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 38.71, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 56.39, 46.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1085 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.142 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2575, 17.2701, 4.7449)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB552F #2F95BB

analogous

#BB2F4F #BB552F #BB9B2F

triadic

#BB552F #2FBB55 #552FBB

tetradic

#BB552F #4FBB2F #2F95BB #9B2FBB

square

#BB552F #4FBB2F #2F95BB #9B2FBB

split-complementary

#BB552F #2FBB9B #2F4FBB

monochromatic

#592916 #8A3F23 #BB552F #D47653 #E09D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BB552F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BB552F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB552F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB552F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB552F	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)

#71652A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb552f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.142 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68769',
    500: '#bb552f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb552f;
$custom-light: #d68769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb552f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57146,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB552F

secondary

#7CB5C9

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB552F

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

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