#BB5835#BB5835

#BB5835 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.137 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5835
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 37.48, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 53.77, 45.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1058 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.137 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6282, 17.8044, 5.5071)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5835 #3598BB

analogous

#BB3555 #BB5835 #BB9B35

triadic

#BB5835 #35BB58 #5835BB

tetradic

#BB5835 #55BB35 #3598BB #9B35BB

square

#BB5835 #55BB35 #3598BB #9B35BB

split-complementary

#BB5835 #35BB9B #3555BB

monochromatic

#5C2B1A #8B4227 #BB5835 #D17B5C #DEA28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BB5835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB5835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5835

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5835	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)

#736831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.137 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6896e',
    500: '#bb5835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5835;
$custom-light: #d6896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.672,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57668,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5835

secondary

#83B7C9

accent

#B8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5835

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

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