#BB5F36#BB5F36

#BB5F36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.131 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F36
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 33.90, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 52.15, 49.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.095 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.131 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2539, 19.0185, 5.8304)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F36 #3692BB

analogous

#BB3650 #BB5F36 #BBA236

triadic

#BB5F36 #36BB5F #5F36BB

tetradic

#BB5F36 #50BB36 #3692BB #A236BB

square

#BB5F36 #50BB36 #3692BB #A236BB

split-complementary

#BB5F36 #36BBA2 #3650BB

monochromatic

#5C2F1B #8C4728 #BB5F36 #D0815E #DEA68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BB5F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BB5F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F36

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F36	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.131 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e6f',
    500: '#bb5f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f36;
$custom-light: #d68e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.496,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58778,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F36

secondary

#84B4C9

accent

#B1DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F36

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

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