#BB5A37#BB5A37

#BB5A37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.135 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A37
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 36.56, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 52.70, 46.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1033 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.135 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8416, 18.1560, 5.8100)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A37 #3798BB

analogous

#BB3756 #BB5A37 #BB9C37

triadic

#BB5A37 #37BB5A #5A37BB

tetradic

#BB5A37 #56BB37 #3798BB #9C37BB

square

#BB5A37 #56BB37 #3798BB #9C37BB

split-complementary

#BB5A37 #37BB9C #3756BB

monochromatic

#5C2C1B #8C4329 #BB5A37 #D07D5F #DEA48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BB5A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB5A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A37

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A37	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)

#746933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.135 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6f',
    500: '#bb5a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a37;
$custom-light: #d68b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.909,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A37

secondary

#85B7C9

accent

#B7DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A37

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

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