#BB5935#BB5935

#BB5935 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5935
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 36.97, 38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 53.57, 46.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1042 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.136 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7108, 17.9697, 5.5347)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5935 #3597BB

analogous

#BB3554 #BB5935 #BB9C35

triadic

#BB5935 #35BB59 #5935BB

tetradic

#BB5935 #54BB35 #3597BB #9C35BB

square

#BB5935 #54BB35 #3597BB #9C35BB

split-complementary

#BB5935 #35BB9C #3554BB

monochromatic

#5C2C1A #8B4227 #BB5935 #D17C5C #DEA28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BB5935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BB5935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5935

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5935	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#746831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a6e',
    500: '#bb5935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5935;
$custom-light: #d68a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57821,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5935

secondary

#83B6C9

accent

#B7DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5935

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

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