#BB5B32#BB5B32

#BB5B32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.136 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B32
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 50)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 35.79, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 54.25, 48.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.136 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8127, 18.2803, 5.2388)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B32 #3292BB

analogous

#BB324E #BB5B32 #BBA032

triadic

#BB5B32 #32BB5B #5B32BB

tetradic

#BB5B32 #4EBB32 #3292BB #A032BB

square

#BB5B32 #4EBB32 #3292BB #A032BB

split-complementary

#BB5B32 #32BBA0 #324EBB

monochromatic

#5A2C18 #8B4425 #BB5B32 #D27D58 #DFA288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB5B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB5B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B32

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B32	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75692D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.136 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6c',
    500: '#bb5b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b32;
$custom-light: #d68b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58096,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B32

secondary

#80B3C9

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B32

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

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