#BB5E39#BB5E39

#BB5E39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.130 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E39
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 34.59, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 51.26, 47.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.0976 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.13 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2370, 18.8686, 6.1831)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E39 #3996BB

analogous

#BB3955 #BB5E39 #BB9F39

triadic

#BB5E39 #39BB5E #5E39BB

tetradic

#BB5E39 #55BB39 #3996BB #9F39BB

square

#BB5E39 #55BB39 #3996BB #9F39BB

split-complementary

#BB5E39 #39BB9F #3955BB

monochromatic

#5D2F1C #8C462B #BB5E39 #CF8162 #DDA791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BB5E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E39

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E39	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)

#776C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.130 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d71',
    500: '#bb5e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e39;
$custom-light: #d58d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E39

secondary

#87B6C8

accent

#B3DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E39

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

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