#BB5C35#BB5C35

#BB5C35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.134 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5C35
RGB	rgb(187, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 35.42, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 53.02, 48.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.0994 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.134 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9656, 18.4792, 5.6196)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5C35 #3594BB

analogous

#BB3551 #BB5C35 #BB9F35

triadic

#BB5C35 #35BB5C #5C35BB

tetradic

#BB5C35 #51BB35 #3594BB #9F35BB

square

#BB5C35 #51BB35 #3594BB #9F35BB

split-complementary

#BB5C35 #35BB9F #3551BB

monochromatic

#5C2D1A #8B4527 #BB5C35 #D17E5C #DEA48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BB5C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BB5C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5C35

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5C35	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.134 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c6e',
    500: '#bb5c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5c35;
$custom-light: #d68c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.463,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58288,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5C35

secondary

#83B4C9

accent

#B3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5C35

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

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