#BB5530#BB5530

#BB5530 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5530
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 48)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 38.76, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 56.05, 46.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1088 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.142 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2779, 17.2783, 4.8523)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5530 #3096BB

analogous

#BB3050 #BB5530 #BB9A30

triadic

#BB5530 #30BB55 #5530BB

tetradic

#BB5530 #50BB30 #3096BB #9A30BB

square

#BB5530 #50BB30 #3096BB #9A30BB

split-complementary

#BB5530 #30BB9A #3050BB

monochromatic

#5A2917 #8A3F23 #BB5530 #D37755 #E09E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BB5530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB5530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5530

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5530	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71652C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876a',
    500: '#bb5530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5530;
$custom-light: #d6876a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57157,
    "c": 0.1415,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5530

secondary

#7DB5C9

accent

#B9E245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5530

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

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