#BB5D37#BB5D37

#BB5D37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.132 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D37
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 35.00, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 52.14, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.0985 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.132 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0998, 18.6723, 5.8960)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D37 #3795BB

analogous

#BB3753 #BB5D37 #BB9F37

triadic

#BB5D37 #37BB5D #5D37BB

tetradic

#BB5D37 #53BB37 #3795BB #9F37BB

square

#BB5D37 #53BB37 #3795BB #9F37BB

split-complementary

#BB5D37 #37BB9F #3753BB

monochromatic

#5C2E1B #8C4529 #BB5D37 #D0805F #DEA58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB5D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB5D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D37

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D37	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.132 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6f',
    500: '#bb5d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d37;
$custom-light: #d68d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5847,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D37

secondary

#85B5C9

accent

#B3DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D37

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

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