#BB5A35#BB5A35

#BB5A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.135 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A35
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 36.45, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 53.38, 46.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1026 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.135 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7946, 18.1372, 5.5626)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A35 #3596BB

analogous

#BB3553 #BB5A35 #BB9D35

triadic

#BB5A35 #35BB5A #5A35BB

tetradic

#BB5A35 #53BB35 #3596BB #9D35BB

square

#BB5A35 #53BB35 #3596BB #9D35BB

split-complementary

#BB5A35 #35BB9D #3553BB

monochromatic

#5C2C1A #8B4327 #BB5A35 #D17D5C #DEA38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB5A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB5A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A35

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A35	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.135 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6e',
    500: '#bb5a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a35;
$custom-light: #d68b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.567,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57975,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A35

secondary

#83B5C9

accent

#B6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A35

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

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