#BB5B38#BB5B38

#BB5B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.133 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5B38
RGB	rgb(187, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 36.09, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 52.16, 46.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.102 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.133 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9507, 18.3355, 5.9658)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5B38 #3898BB

analogous

#BB3856 #BB5B38 #BB9D38

triadic

#BB5B38 #38BB5B #5B38BB

tetradic

#BB5B38 #56BB38 #3898BB #9D38BB

square

#BB5B38 #56BB38 #3898BB #9D38BB

split-complementary

#BB5B38 #38BB9D #3856BB

monochromatic

#5D2D1C #8C442A #BB5B38 #D07E61 #DEA590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BB5B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BB5B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5B38

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5B38	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.133 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b70',
    500: '#bb5b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5b38;
$custom-light: #d68b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.031,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58168,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5B38

secondary

#86B7C8

accent

#B6DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5B38

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

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