#BB5733#BB5733

#BB5733 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.139 H 39.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5733
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 37.89, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 54.64, 46.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1066 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.139 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5016, 17.6233, 5.2427)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5733 #3397BB

analogous

#BB3353 #BB5733 #BB9B33

triadic

#BB5733 #33BB57 #5733BB

tetradic

#BB5733 #53BB33 #3397BB #9B33BB

square

#BB5733 #53BB33 #3397BB #9B33BB

split-complementary

#BB5733 #33BB9B #3353BB

monochromatic

#5B2A19 #8B4126 #BB5733 #D27959 #DFA089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BB5733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BB5733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5733

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5733	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72672F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.139 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6896c',
    500: '#bb5733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5733;
$custom-light: #d6896c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.882,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57492,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5733

secondary

#81B6C9

accent

#B8E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5733

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

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