#BB5B35#BB5B35

#BB5B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.135 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B35
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 35.94, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 53.20, 47.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.101 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.135 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8795, 18.3070, 5.5909)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B35 #3595BB

analogous

#BB3552 #BB5B35 #BB9E35

triadic

#BB5B35 #35BB5B #5B35BB

tetradic

#BB5B35 #52BB35 #3595BB #9E35BB

square

#BB5B35 #52BB35 #3595BB #9E35BB

split-complementary

#BB5B35 #35BB9E #3552BB

monochromatic

#5C2D1A #8B4427 #BB5B35 #D17D5C #DEA38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BB5B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB5B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B35

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B35	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)

#756931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.135 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6e',
    500: '#bb5b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b35;
$custom-light: #d68b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.015,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B35

secondary

#83B5C9

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B35

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

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