#BB5837#BB5837

#BB5837 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.137 H 38.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5837
RGB	rgb(187, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 37.58, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 53.09, 44.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1064 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.137 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6752, 17.8231, 5.7545)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5837 #379ABB

analogous

#BB3758 #BB5837 #BB9A37

triadic

#BB5837 #37BB58 #5837BB

tetradic

#BB5837 #58BB37 #379ABB #9A37BB

square

#BB5837 #58BB37 #379ABB #9A37BB

split-complementary

#BB5837 #37BB9A #3758BB

monochromatic

#5C2B1B #8C4229 #BB5837 #D07B5F #DEA28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BB5837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BB5837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5837

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5837	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.137 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6896f',
    500: '#bb5837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5837;
$custom-light: #d6896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57692,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5837

secondary

#85B8C9

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5837

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

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