#BB5532#BB5532

#BB5532 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5532
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 38.85, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 55.37, 45.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1094 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.141 39)
XYZ	xyz(24.3201, 17.2952, 5.0746)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5532 #3298BB

analogous

#BB3254 #BB5532 #BB9A32

triadic

#BB5532 #32BB55 #5532BB

tetradic

#BB5532 #54BB32 #3298BB #9A32BB

square

#BB5532 #54BB32 #3298BB #9A32BB

split-complementary

#BB5532 #32BB9A #3254BB

monochromatic

#5A2918 #8B3F25 #BB5532 #D27758 #DF9E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BB5532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB5532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5532

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5532	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)

#71652E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876b',
    500: '#bb5532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5532;
$custom-light: #d6876b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.328,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57179,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.17292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5532

secondary

#80B6C9

accent

#BAE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5532

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

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