#BB5B36#BB5B36

#BB5B36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.134 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B36
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 35.99, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 52.85, 47.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1014 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.134 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9028, 18.3163, 5.7133)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B36 #3696BB

analogous

#BB3653 #BB5B36 #BB9E36

triadic

#BB5B36 #36BB5B #5B36BB

tetradic

#BB5B36 #53BB36 #3696BB #9E36BB

square

#BB5B36 #53BB36 #3696BB #9E36BB

split-complementary

#BB5B36 #36BB9E #3653BB

monochromatic

#5C2D1B #8C4428 #BB5B36 #D07E5E #DEA48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB5B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB5B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B36

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B36	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#756A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.134 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6e',
    500: '#bb5b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b36;
$custom-light: #d68b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.692,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58143,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B36

secondary

#84B6C9

accent

#B5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B36

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

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