#BB5B33#BB5B33

#BB5B33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.135 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B33
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 51)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 35.84, 40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 53.90, 48.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1004 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.135 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8345, 18.2890, 5.3537)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B33 #3393BB

analogous

#BB334F #BB5B33 #BB9F33

triadic

#BB5B33 #33BB5B #5B33BB

tetradic

#BB5B33 #4FBB33 #3393BB #9F33BB

square

#BB5B33 #4FBB33 #3393BB #9F33BB

split-complementary

#BB5B33 #33BB9F #334FBB

monochromatic

#5B2C19 #8B4426 #BB5B33 #D27D59 #DFA389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB5B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB5B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B33

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B33	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)

#75692E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.135 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6c',
    500: '#bb5b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b33;
$custom-light: #d68b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58108,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B33

secondary

#81B4C9

accent

#B3E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B33

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

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