#BB5B37#BB5B37

#BB5B37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.134 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B37
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 36.04, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 52.51, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1017 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.134 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9265, 18.3258, 5.8383)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B37 #3797BB

analogous

#BB3755 #BB5B37 #BB9D37

triadic

#BB5B37 #37BB5B #5B37BB

tetradic

#BB5B37 #55BB37 #3797BB #9D37BB

square

#BB5B37 #55BB37 #3797BB #9D37BB

split-complementary

#BB5B37 #37BB9D #3755BB

monochromatic

#5C2D1B #8C4429 #BB5B37 #D07E5F #DEA48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB5B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BB5B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B37

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B37	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)

#756A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.134 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b6f',
    500: '#bb5b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b37;
$custom-light: #d68b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58156,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B37

secondary

#85B6C9

accent

#B6DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B37

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

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