#BB5E3C#BB5E3C

#BB5E3C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.129 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5E3C
RGB	rgb(187, 94, 60)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 34.76, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 50.22, 46.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.0987 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.129 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3141, 18.8994, 6.5890)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5E3C #3C99BB

analogous

#BB3C59 #BB5E3C #BB9D3C

triadic

#BB5E3C #3CBB5E #5E3CBB

tetradic

#BB5E3C #59BB3C #3C99BB #9D3CBB

square

#BB5E3C #59BB3C #3C99BB #9D3CBB

split-complementary

#BB5E3C #3CBB9D #3C59BB

monochromatic

#5E2F1E #8D472D #BB5E3C #CE8266 #DDA895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BB5E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BB5E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5E3C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5E3C	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#776C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E803A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 94, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.129 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58d73',
    500: '#bb5e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5e3c;
$custom-light: #d58d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.063,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58694,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5E3C

secondary

#8BB8C8

accent

#B5DB4D

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5E3C

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

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