#BB5531#BB5531

#BB5531 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5531
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 49)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 38.80, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 55.71, 45.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1091 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.141 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2988, 17.2867, 4.9622)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5531 #3197BB

analogous

#BB3152 #BB5531 #BB9A31

triadic

#BB5531 #31BB55 #5531BB

tetradic

#BB5531 #52BB31 #3197BB #9A31BB

square

#BB5531 #52BB31 #3197BB #9A31BB

split-complementary

#BB5531 #31BB9A #3152BB

monochromatic

#5A2918 #8B3F24 #BB5531 #D37756 #E09E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BB5531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB5531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5531

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5531	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)

#71652D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876b',
    500: '#bb5531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5531;
$custom-light: #d6876b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5531

secondary

#7FB6C9

accent

#B9E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5531

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

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