#BB5833#BB5833

#BB5833 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.138 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5833
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 37.38, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 54.45, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.1051 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.138 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5831, 17.7863, 5.2699)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5833 #3396BB

analogous

#BB3352 #BB5833 #BB9C33

triadic

#BB5833 #33BB58 #5833BB

tetradic

#BB5833 #52BB33 #3396BB #9C33BB

square

#BB5833 #52BB33 #3396BB #9C33BB

split-complementary

#BB5833 #33BB9C #3352BB

monochromatic

#5B2B19 #8B4126 #BB5833 #D27A59 #DFA189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BB5833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB5833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5833

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5833	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73672F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.138 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6896c',
    500: '#bb5833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5833;
$custom-light: #d6896c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.324,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57644,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5833

secondary

#81B5C9

accent

#B7E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5833

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

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