#BB5E3B#BB5E3B

#BB5E3B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.130 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E3B
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 59)
HSL	hsl(16, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 34.70, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 50.57, 46.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.0983 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.13 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2879, 18.8889, 6.4511)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E3B #3B98BB

analogous

#BB3B58 #BB5E3B #BB9E3B

triadic

#BB5E3B #3BBB5E #5E3BBB

tetradic

#BB5E3B #58BB3B #3B98BB #9E3BBB

square

#BB5E3B #58BB3B #3B98BB #9E3BBB

split-complementary

#BB5E3B #3BBB9E #3B58BB

monochromatic

#5E2F1E #8C472C #BB5E3B #CE8265 #DDA893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BB5E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BB5E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E3B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E3B	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.130 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d72',
    500: '#bb5e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e3b;
$custom-light: #d58d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.406,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5868,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E3B

secondary

#8AB7C8

accent

#B4DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E3B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →