#BB5936#BB5936

#BB5936 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5936
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 37.02, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 53.23, 45.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1045 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.136 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7341, 17.9789, 5.6571)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5936 #3698BB

analogous

#BB3656 #BB5936 #BB9B36

triadic

#BB5936 #36BB59 #5936BB

tetradic

#BB5936 #56BB36 #3698BB #9B36BB

square

#BB5936 #56BB36 #3698BB #9B36BB

split-complementary

#BB5936 #36BB9B #3656BB

monochromatic

#5C2C1B #8C4228 #BB5936 #D07C5E #DEA38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BB5936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5936

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5936	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a6e',
    500: '#bb5936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5936;
$custom-light: #d68a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57833,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5936

secondary

#84B7C9

accent

#B7DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5936

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

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