#BB5533#BB5533

#BB5533 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.141 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5533
RGB	rgb(187, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 38.90, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 55.04, 45.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1098 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.141 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3419, 17.3039, 5.1895)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5533 #3399BB

analogous

#BB3355 #BB5533 #BB9933

triadic

#BB5533 #33BB55 #5533BB

tetradic

#BB5533 #55BB33 #3399BB #9933BB

square

#BB5533 #55BB33 #3399BB #9933BB

split-complementary

#BB5533 #33BB99 #3355BB

monochromatic

#5B2919 #8B3F26 #BB5533 #D27759 #DF9F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BB5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BB5533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5533

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5533	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)

#71662F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.141 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6876c',
    500: '#bb5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5533;
$custom-light: #d6876c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57191,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5533

secondary

#81B7C9

accent

#BAE047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5533

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

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