#BB5937#BB5937

#BB5937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5937
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 37.07, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 52.89, 45.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1049 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.136 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7578, 17.9884, 5.7821)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5937 #3799BB

analogous

#BB3757 #BB5937 #BB9B37

triadic

#BB5937 #37BB59 #5937BB

tetradic

#BB5937 #57BB37 #3799BB #9B37BB

square

#BB5937 #57BB37 #3799BB #9B37BB

split-complementary

#BB5937 #37BB9B #3757BB

monochromatic

#5C2C1B #8C4229 #BB5937 #D07C5F #DEA38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BB5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5937

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5937	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a6f',
    500: '#bb5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5937;
$custom-light: #d68a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57846,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5937

secondary

#85B7C9

accent

#B8DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5937

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

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