#BB5930#BB5930

#BB5930 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.138 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5930
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 48)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 36.73, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 55.30, 48.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1026 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.138 42)
XYZ	xyz(24.6018, 17.9260, 4.9603)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5930 #3092BB

analogous

#BB304C #BB5930 #BB9E30

triadic

#BB5930 #30BB59 #5930BB

tetradic

#BB5930 #4CBB30 #3092BB #9E30BB

square

#BB5930 #4CBB30 #3092BB #9E30BB

split-complementary

#BB5930 #30BB9E #304CBB

monochromatic

#5A2B17 #8A4223 #BB5930 #D37A55 #E0A086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB5930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BB5930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5930

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5930	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74682B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.138 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a6a',
    500: '#bb5930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5930;
$custom-light: #d68a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57764,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.17923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5930

secondary

#7DB3C9

accent

#B4E245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5930

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

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