#BB5938#BB5938

#BB5938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.135 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5938
RGB	rgb(187, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 37.12, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 52.55, 45.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1052 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.135 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7820, 17.9981, 5.9096)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5938 #389ABB

analogous

#BB3858 #BB5938 #BB9B38

triadic

#BB5938 #38BB59 #5938BB

tetradic

#BB5938 #58BB38 #389ABB #9B38BB

square

#BB5938 #58BB38 #389ABB #9B38BB

split-complementary

#BB5938 #38BB9B #3858BB

monochromatic

#5D2C1C #8C432A #BB5938 #D07D61 #DEA390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BB5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BB5938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5938

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5938	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)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.135 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68a70',
    500: '#bb5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5938;
$custom-light: #d68a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.115,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57858,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5938

secondary

#86B8C8

accent

#B8DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5938

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

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