#BB5E38#BB5E38

#BB5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.131 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E38
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 34.53, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 51.62, 48.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.0973 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.131 42)
XYZ	xyz(25.2123, 18.8587, 6.0530)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E38 #3895BB

analogous

#BB3853 #BB5E38 #BBA038

triadic

#BB5E38 #38BB5E #5E38BB

tetradic

#BB5E38 #53BB38 #3895BB #A038BB

square

#BB5E38 #53BB38 #3895BB #A038BB

split-complementary

#BB5E38 #38BBA0 #3853BB

monochromatic

#5D2F1C #8C462A #BB5E38 #D08161 #DEA690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E38

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E38	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)

#776C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.131 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d70',
    500: '#bb5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e38;
$custom-light: #d58d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.405,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58642,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.18856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E38

secondary

#86B5C8

accent

#B3DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E38

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

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