#BB5A38#BB5A38

#BB5A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.134 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A38
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 36.61, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 52.36, 45.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1036 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.134 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8658, 18.1657, 5.9375)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A38 #3899BB

analogous

#BB3857 #BB5A38 #BB9C38

triadic

#BB5A38 #38BB5A #5A38BB

tetradic

#BB5A38 #57BB38 #3899BB #9C38BB

square

#BB5A38 #57BB38 #3899BB #9C38BB

split-complementary

#BB5A38 #38BB9C #3857BB

monochromatic

#5D2D1C #8C432A #BB5A38 #D07D61 #DEA490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BB5A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB5A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A38

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A38	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.134 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b70',
    500: '#bb5a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a38;
$custom-light: #d68b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.573,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58013,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A38

secondary

#86B7C8

accent

#B7DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A38

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

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