#BB5A39#BB5A39

#BB5A39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.134 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5A39
RGB	rgb(187, 90, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 36.66, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 52.02, 45.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.104 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.134 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8905, 18.1756, 6.0676)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5A39 #399ABB

analogous

#BB3959 #BB5A39 #BB9B39

triadic

#BB5A39 #39BB5A #5A39BB

tetradic

#BB5A39 #59BB39 #399ABB #9B39BB

square

#BB5A39 #59BB39 #399ABB #9B39BB

split-complementary

#BB5A39 #39BB9B #3959BB

monochromatic

#5D2D1C #8C432B #BB5A39 #CF7E62 #DDA491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#BB5A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BB5A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5A39

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5A39	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 90, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.134 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b70',
    500: '#bb5a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5a39;
$custom-light: #d68b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.231,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58025,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5A39

secondary

#87B8C8

accent

#B8DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5A39

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

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