#BB5E36#BB5E36

#BB5E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.132 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E36
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 34.43, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 52.32, 48.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% 0.0966 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.132 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1644, 18.8395, 5.8005)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E36 #3693BB

analogous

#BB3651 #BB5E36 #BBA136

triadic

#BB5E36 #36BB5E #5E36BB

tetradic

#BB5E36 #51BB36 #3693BB #A136BB

square

#BB5E36 #51BB36 #3693BB #A136BB

split-complementary

#BB5E36 #36BBA1 #3651BB

monochromatic

#5C2E1B #8C4628 #BB5E36 #D0805E #DEA68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E36

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E36	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#776C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.132 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6f',
    500: '#bb5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e36;
$custom-light: #d68d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.045,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58617,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E36

secondary

#84B4C9

accent

#B2DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E36

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

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