#BB5E35#BB5E35

#BB5E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.132 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E35
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 34.37, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 52.68, 49.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.0963 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.132 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1411, 18.8302, 5.6781)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E35 #3592BB

analogous

#BB354F #BB5E35 #BBA135

triadic

#BB5E35 #35BB5E #5E35BB

tetradic

#BB5E35 #4FBB35 #3592BB #A135BB

square

#BB5E35 #4FBB35 #3592BB #A135BB

split-complementary

#BB5E35 #35BBA1 #354FBB

monochromatic

#5C2E1A #8B4627 #BB5E35 #D1805C #DEA58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BB5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E35

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E35	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.132 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6e',
    500: '#bb5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e35;
$custom-light: #d68d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.358,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58606,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E35

secondary

#83B3C9

accent

#B1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E35

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

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