#BB5E37#BB5E37

#BB5E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.131 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E37
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 34.48, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 51.97, 48.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.0969 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.131 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1881, 18.8490, 5.9255)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E37 #3794BB

analogous

#BB3752 #BB5E37 #BBA037

triadic

#BB5E37 #37BB5E #5E37BB

tetradic

#BB5E37 #52BB37 #3794BB #A037BB

square

#BB5E37 #52BB37 #3794BB #A037BB

split-complementary

#BB5E37 #37BBA0 #3752BB

monochromatic

#5C2E1B #8C4629 #BB5E37 #D0815F #DEA68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E37

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E37	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)

#776C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.131 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68d6f',
    500: '#bb5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e37;
$custom-light: #d68d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.727,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5863,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E37

secondary

#85B5C9

accent

#B2DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E37

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

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