#BB5735#BB5735

#BB5735 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5735
RGB	rgb(187, 87, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 37.99, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 53.96, 45.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1073 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.138 39)
XYZ	xyz(24.5467, 17.6413, 5.4800)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5735 #3599BB

analogous

#BB3556 #BB5735 #BB9A35

triadic

#BB5735 #35BB57 #5735BB

tetradic

#BB5735 #56BB35 #3599BB #9A35BB

square

#BB5735 #56BB35 #3599BB #9A35BB

split-complementary

#BB5735 #35BB9A #3556BB

monochromatic

#5C2B1A #8B4127 #BB5735 #D17A5C #DEA18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BB5735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BB5735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5735

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5735	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 87, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6896e',
    500: '#bb5735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5735;
$custom-light: #d6896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57516,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.17638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5735

secondary

#83B7C9

accent

#B9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5735

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

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