#BB5D38#BB5D38

#BB5D38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.132 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5D38
RGB	rgb(187, 93, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 35.06, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 51.79, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.0989 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.132 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1240, 18.6820, 6.0236)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5D38 #3896BB

analogous

#BB3854 #BB5D38 #BB9F38

triadic

#BB5D38 #38BB5D #5D38BB

tetradic

#BB5D38 #54BB38 #3896BB #9F38BB

square

#BB5D38 #54BB38 #3896BB #9F38BB

split-complementary

#BB5D38 #38BB9F #3854BB

monochromatic

#5D2E1C #8C462A #BB5D38 #D08061 #DEA690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BB5D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BB5D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5D38

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5D38	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 93, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.132 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d70',
    500: '#bb5d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5d38;
$custom-light: #d68d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.947,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58483,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5D38

secondary

#86B6C8

accent

#B4DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5D38

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

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