#BB5836#BB5836

#BB5836 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.137 H 39.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5836
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 37.53, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 53.43, 45.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.1061 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.137 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6514, 17.8136, 5.6295)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5836 #3699BB

analogous

#BB3657 #BB5836 #BB9A36

triadic

#BB5836 #36BB58 #5836BB

tetradic

#BB5836 #57BB36 #3699BB #9A36BB

square

#BB5836 #57BB36 #3699BB #9A36BB

split-complementary

#BB5836 #36BB9A #3657BB

monochromatic

#5C2B1B #8C4228 #BB5836 #D07B5E #DEA28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BB5836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB5836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5836

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5836	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.137 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6896e',
    500: '#bb5836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5836;
$custom-light: #d6896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.338,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5768,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5836

secondary

#84B7C9

accent

#B8DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5836

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

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