#BB5933#BB5933

#BB5933 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.137 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5933
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 51)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 36.87, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 54.26, 47.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% 0.1035 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.137 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6658, 17.9516, 5.2974)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5933 #3395BB

analogous

#BB3351 #BB5933 #BB9D33

triadic

#BB5933 #33BB59 #5933BB

tetradic

#BB5933 #51BB33 #3395BB #9D33BB

square

#BB5933 #51BB33 #3395BB #9D33BB

split-complementary

#BB5933 #33BB9D #3351BB

monochromatic

#5B2B19 #8B4226 #BB5933 #D27B59 #DFA189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BB5933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BB5933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5933

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5933	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74682F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.137 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a6c',
    500: '#bb5933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5933;
$custom-light: #d68a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.765,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57797,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5933

secondary

#81B5C9

accent

#B6E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5933

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

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